Studies of Eugene J. Van Scott M.D. and R. J. Yu Ph.D. guided the modern era of AHA use. In 1976 they found that glycolic acid, in specially designed products, helped in the therapy of a scaling skin disease (ichtyosis) and in 1988 they founded NeoStrata, a company where they continue to develop novel methods for the treatment of skin problems.

Further researches by these researchers shown a use for alpha hydroxy acids in skin regeneration - however, their work was ignored by the skin care industry until the 1990s when alpha and beta hydroxy acids began to be incorporated into skin care products (Van Scott and Yu 1989). Later, Stiller et al made large-scale, placebo-mediated researches with AHAs and found they helped skin healing and reversed premature aging caused by sun damage (Stiller et al 1996). Their use was soon expanded to chemical peels (Dial 1990).

Helps Skin Rejuvenation

Using Alpha hydroxy acids (AHA's) is one of the safest procedures of skin regeneration. Their effectiveness depends on the type and concentration of the AHA, its pH (acidity), and other components in the solution. AHAs become efficient at proportions of about 7% to 8% with a pH of 3.5 to 4.0. Several AHA-containing cosmetic products influence skin regeneration very little because the AHA proportions are too low and the pH is too high. There is little evidence that concentrations below 5% have beneficial effects on skin and more specifically on scars.

Skin improvements should be apparent after four weeks of AHA application, but AHA therapy also helps keep a healthy skin and this state is normally continued indefinitely.

Natural Skin Care Opposed Chemical Treatments

Chemical peels with stronger AHA's (40-70%) accelerate the process, but the skin rebuilding produced by a 70% AHA chemical peel, which is costly and can cause scarring, in 3 months can be doubled by a 7% AHA product in 9 months.

Natural Skin Regeneration With Biological Ingredients

AHAs are marketed for a variety of uses. They can be used to smooth fine lines and surface wrinkles, to enhance skin texture and tone, oily skin or acne, or to unblock and cleanse pores. Basically, AHAs improve the skin condition in general. What they actually do is speed up the turnover of skin cells and enhance the rebuilding of collagen and elastin plus improve the internal moisture-holding properties of GAGs and proteoglycans. With continued use, AHAs alleviate fine to moderate wrinkles, and remove many skin lesions like blotchy pigmentation, benign overgrowths of skin, mild acne scars, age spots, sun damage, weathered skin, freckling, and flat warts. They appear to work by increasing the skin peeling of the lesion plus an irritation around the lesion. In time the lesion becomes smaller and is replaced by normal healthy skin.

Alpha hydroxy acids are helpful in alleviating oily and acne-prone skin. People with these conditions often see dramatic results. Blackheads, white heads and acne breakouts are caused when the hair follicles clog and trap sebum in the follicle. Removing the upper layer of skin promotes normal sebum flow to the skin.

A new acne scarring product is now available to rejuvenate your skin thanks to biological components that don't give any allergic reactions or negative side effects.