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Exfoliating Body Lotion.

Dermatology
Exfoliating Body Lotion
Masks & Peels

About this product

A body lotion with 12% lactic acid designed to exfoliate and moisturize dry, flaky skin while improving texture, tone, and brightness.

Best for

Dry skin
Masks & Peels

The Guru Index verdict

80%

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise this lotion for tackling body texture issues, ingrown hairs, and dryness, especially on thighs, legs, and chest. The high lactic acid concentration is effective but requires caution and gradual introduction, particularly after shaving when tingling may occur. All reviewers stress consistent use, sunscreen application, and avoiding it if you have a compromised barrier. The formula's blend of ceramides and peptides with the acid is noted as thoughtfully constructed for both efficacy and barrier support.
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"I know that a lot of people use this exfoliating body lotion by Dermatology for the body and I have started to but I have to be a little bit careful because this is a very high percentage, I believe it's 12% lactic acid, which is a little bit too high for me and I occasionally get a little bit of irritation. But if you have dry, flaky, creepy skin and you don't have any eczema or skincare concerns or broken barrier, you are going to love this. It is a fantastic moisturizing lotion and slightly exfoliating, especially for mature skin. I know tons of people that use and love this. I use it occasionally on my body but mostly for my feet and it has replaced my dermatonics foot soothing cream. I've been slowly introducing it into my treatment step for body exfoliation."
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"Using something like this after shaving, I can go two weeks without using this and those bumps will appear. So it's something that I need to be very consistent with, whether it's every other day or a few times per week. I don't have to use this every day, but just a few times per week will keep those ingrowns away. And I love this. It does have a medicated scent to it. If you use this directly after shaving or waxing, you most likely will experience a tingling sensation. I do. And that sensation will only last for about 30 seconds. If you're going to be using this all over your body, especially in your morning routine, make sure that you're wearing sunscreen on those areas that are being exposed to the sun, especially the areas that you applied this. I don't use this in the morning. I just use this at night time."
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"Using something like this after shaving, I can go two weeks without using this and those bumps will appear. So it's something that I need to be very consistent with, whether it's every other day or a few times per week. I don't have to use this every day, but just a few times per week will keep those ingrowns away. And I love this. It does have a medicated scent to it. If you use this directly after shaving or waxing, you most likely will experience a tingling sensation. I do. And that sensation will only last for about 30 seconds. If you're going to be using this all over your body, especially in your morning routine, make sure that you're wearing sunscreen on those areas that are being exposed to the sun, especially the areas that you applied this. I don't use this in the morning. I just use this at night time."
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"It's going to exfoliate, it's going to brighten, it can help to smooth out your skin, improve texture, tone, and soften fine lines and wrinkles. There's ceramides in here to prevent transepidermal water loss to strengthen the skin barrier, and there's also peptides. I really love using this on my chest because my chest can develop some texture from time to time. I love using this on the backs of my thighs as I do experience bumps, and I love this for my legs and my arms because sometimes especially in the winter my arms can become quite dry and they can look a little scaly. This is fabulous because it just keeps your skin nice and soft and exfoliated. You get that brightness back with your skin and it's also very moisturizing as well. If you have just freshly shaved your skin and you go and put this on top, you will most likely experience a tingling sensation and that might last for up to 20 seconds or so and then it does subside. I've noticed it more when I have freshly shaved legs, but if you haven't shaved or waxed in a few days you probably won't experience it. I would say start with a couple of times per week and then gradually increase from there just to be safe because it is a powerful product and it works really well."
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"I can't live without this. This is something that is wonderful if you're someone that has those bumps on the backs of your thighs, you have that scaliness on your legs or your arms, you have keratosis pilaris, you know, you have fine lines on your chest, maybe discoloration. Like, this is going to target multiple skin concerns that we have with our body. But the only thing with this is that now that we're coming into the warmer months, you really want to make sure that you're wearing sunscreen on the areas that are being exposed to the sun, especially the areas where you're using this because this contains 12% lactic acid. But there are ceramides in here and those ceramides really help to strengthen and repair that skin barrier. There is also peptides in here and that is a great thing to have peptides in with lactic acid because generally if you are using separate serums that's not a recommended pairing to use your AHAs with your peptides but because this is formulated correctly where there's peptides in there with that lactic acid that is why it works so well."
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