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Exfoliating Body Lotion.

DRMTLGY Exfoliating Body Lotion
Body & Tan

About this product

A 12% lactic acid exfoliating body lotion formulated with ceramides, peptides, and oils to resurface and soften skin texture on the body.

Type

Body & TanLotion

Key actives

AHAVitamin ECeramidesPeptides

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Guru Score

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What the gurus are saying

The 12% lactic acid concentration earns consistent praise for softening rough patches, ingrown hair bumps, and textured skin, but that same strength means a noticeable tingle and medicinal scent come with it. Those with sensitive or freshly shaved skin may want to ease in with once or twice weekly use, or apply it to tougher spots like heels, elbows, and thighs on days skin is not freshly irritated. The ceramides and peptides layered in make it unusually moisturizing for a chemical exfoliant at this percentage.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take November 2025
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"The Dermatology Exfoliating Body Lotion is a 12% lotion for your body like this is excellent, it's just a very straightforward product. This is going to help resurface your skin like it's a very rich moisturizer. Overall very simple minimalistic goal oriented formula. In this you have ceramides which are going to provide a backbone of support for your skin barrier along with multiple other hydrating helpful ingredients. Texturally it's great, volume is great, very thoughtful. I love this product."
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"It's a great exfoliation product at 12% lactic acid. If you have an open cut or something like that somewhere, it's going to give a tingle. And if you have dry, sensitive skin, it might give your body a tingle. I use it as an overnight exfoliating mask and then rinse it off in the morning because it does have a bit of a detectable scent. Kind of that typical lactic acid smell that you get in the higher percentage lactic acid products. My skin is soft and silky by morning. For my sensitive skin, dry skin, I would do this maybe once or twice a week for body exfoliation."
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"It's a great exfoliation product at 12% lactic acid. If you have an open cut or something like that somewhere, it's going to give a tingle. And if you have dry, sensitive skin, it might give your body a tingle. I use it as an overnight exfoliating mask and then rinse it off in the morning because it does have a bit of a detectable scent. Kind of that typical lactic acid smell that you get in the higher percentage lactic acid products. My skin is soft and silky by morning. For my sensitive skin, dry skin, I would do this maybe once or twice a week for body exfoliation."
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"My favorite body treatment from Dermatology is their Exfoliating Body Lotion. This is 12% lactic, so it's on the strong side. In fact, when I had some eczema earlier in the spring and summer, I wasn't able to tolerate this, but I have built up a tolerance to using this high percentage of lactic acid. It's a gorgeous body lotion if you want to soften the look of that creepy skin. I do use other exfoliating lotions, but this is definitely always in rotation. I love it and have highly recommended it for well over a year now. I started out using it just on my feet to soften the calluses on my feet. It works great for that too, and hands and elbows. If you have those rough bits around your elbows, this is great too. I actually passed it on to my older son who was having some buildup of callus on his elbows, and they're completely softened and the skin is completely renewed in that area. So super great formula, but the caution is that it does contain 12% lactic, so go easy if you have sensitive skin."
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"My all-time favorite body product from Dermatology is their Exfoliating Body Lotion. This is some intense stuff. It is a 12% lactic acid so obviously it has that lactic acid smell."
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"A lot of people use this Exfoliating Body Lotion by DRMTLGY for the body, and I have started to, but I have to be a little bit careful because it's 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 just have dry, flaky, crepey 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 actually prefer the DRMTLGY Exfoliating Body Lotion. I've been slowly introducing it into my treatment step for body exfoliation."
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"The Exfoliating Body Lotion is amazing if you have dry, scaly, flaky skin on your legs. If you have texture on your chest, if you have ingrown hairs where you have those bumps, this is going to be your go-to to correct all of that. I use this all the time. I use this a lot in the summer on the backs of my thighs to get rid of ingrown hairs like those bumps. And then in the winter, I like to use this on my legs. And I also like to use this a lot on my chest because sometimes my chest will develop texture and this wipes out the texture and it gives the most softest, smoothest skin ever. It's also a very moisturizing lotion as well. There's oils in here, there's ceramides, and there's also peptides. The main ingredient here is 12% lactic acid. This is quite powerful and you do smell it. It smells very medicated when you're using it. I wouldn't recommend using this right after shaving or right after waxing because you most likely will experience a burning, tingling sensation that could last for a couple of minutes. But it is a good one to use on the days that you did not shave or wax. And it really does perform quite well, especially during the winter months."
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"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. 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."
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"The Exfoliating Body Lotion is amazing if you have dry, scaly, flaky skin on your legs. If you have texture on your chest, if you have ingrown hairs where you have those bumps, this is going to be your go-to to correct all of that. I use this all the time. I use this a lot in the summer on the backs of my thighs to get rid of ingrown hairs like those bumps. And then in the winter, I like to use this on my legs. And I also like to use this a lot on my chest because sometimes my chest will develop texture and this wipes out the texture and it gives the most softest, smoothest skin ever. It's also a very moisturizing lotion as well. There's oils in here, there's ceramides, and there's also peptides. The main ingredient here is 12% lactic acid. This is quite powerful and you do smell it. It smells very medicated when you're using it. I wouldn't recommend using this right after shaving or right after waxing because you most likely will experience a burning, tingling sensation that could last for a couple of minutes. But it is a good one to use on the days that you did not shave or wax. And it really does perform quite well, especially during the winter months."
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"If you're looking for a really nice body lotion that exfoliates and helps with ingrown hairs and those bumps that we can develop on the backs of our thighs, and you're just looking for something to keep your skin smooth, soft, and bright, this is a must try. I am so impressed with this. I couldn't believe how well this works. I use this occasionally on my heels, sometimes I will use this on my hands before I go to bed just to exfoliate them. I will basically use this from my chest down. It works anywhere and it is amazing. I am somebody that develops a lot of bumps on the backs of my thighs, and I've actually been using this instead of another product I do like, and it has performed really well. There is a little bit of a medicinal scent to it, like a chemical scent, because this contains 12% lactic acid. But there's also ceramides in here, which I think is really important when you do have a chemical exfoliant at 12%. There's also some peptides in here. This is very moisturizing, but when you use this you might experience that tingling sensation. I know I do pretty much every time I use this, but especially so once I have shaved my legs."
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"It's going to exfoliate, it's going to brighten, it can also 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 that skin barrier, there's also peptides, and the list goes on. I really love using this on my chest especially 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 wanted to put something thicker on top of this for more nourishment, feel free to do so, I've done that a few times in the past. But just know that 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 let's say 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, see how your skin does, and then gradually increase from there just to be safe, because it is a powerful product and it works really well, and I think this will be great for the winter months."
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"The last dermatology product that I have here is the Exfoliating Body Lotion. 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, that scaliness on your legs or your arms, keratosis pilaris, fine lines on your chest, maybe discoloration. This is going to target multiple skin concerns that we have with our body. But the only thing 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 are also peptides in here, and that's a great thing to have with lactic acid, because generally if you're using separate serums, that's not a recommended pairing to use your AHAs with your peptides. But because this is formulated correctly, with peptides in there with that lactic acid, that's why it works."
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