L’Oréal’s new addition to Revitalift Laser anti-aging range : peeling pads with glycolic acid.
These non-woven pads are impregnated with an hydro-alcoholic lotion with :
Peeling agents :
– glycolic acid
– Vitamin C Glucoside (ascorbyl glucoside)
– hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid, also named under the acronym HEPES. Although known and described as a buffering agent (i.e. used in chemistry to control the pH of a solution) on the L’Oréal Paris website, L’Oréal owns a patent for using HEPES as a desquamation (i.e. peeling) promoting agent.
Soothing agents :
– allantoin
– panthenol
– biosaccharide gum-1 : sold as Fucogel / Fucocert by Solabia, it is a polysaccharide with several properties including soothing ones