The INKEY List Succinic Acid Blemish Treatment to Clear Blemishes, Reduce Inflammation and Prevent Clogged Pores 15ml

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For an overnight treatment, try our C-50 Blemish Night Treatment that targets breakouts, unclogs pores and reduces the appearance of redness by morning. For mild to moderate or moderate to severe acne, you’ll usually be started on a combination of topical treatments, or antibiotic tablets combined with topical treatments. Folks with acne-prone skin might also be pleased to learn that succinic acid works well in tandem with other breakout-targeted products. "Combining it with salicylic acid would be synergistic because the succinic acid can kill the bacteria and offer anti-inflammatory effects, while the salicylic acid can exfoliate dead skin cells," explains Dr. Gmyrek. (Reminder: A build-up of dead skin cells, among other factors, can contribute to breakouts.)

Maybe they wanted to highlight how great they think succinic acid is, but maybe it’s actually the cleverest part of this… In addition to 2% Succinic Acid, the powerful treatment also features 2% sulfur and 1% Salicylic Acid for a three-pronged approach, which effectively beats spots and reduces oil overall. It’s like a drug claiming it’s a herbal painkiller, and you flip it over and it actually has codeine in it. Or if you have a sunscreen that calls itself a mineral sunscreen, and then in size 4 font it has oxybenzone and avobenzone. IS THIS PRODUCT PREGNANCY SAFE? We do not recommend this product if pregnant or breastfeeding, consult your doctor before use. Your guide to pregnancy safe skincare > If you have oily skin, consider also using SA with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), which are acids that have exfoliating effects. AHAs — such as malic acid, lactic acid or glycolic acid — can help brighten dull skin, treat dryness and acne, and allow other ingredients to penetrate the skin more easily.

Bio-succinic acid and Ecocert certification

Theunissen L. & Courbès F., H&PC Today - Household and Personal Care Today, Vol.12(2) March/April 2018

Let’s start by talking about succinic acid. Succinic acid is usually used as a pH adjuster or chelating agent in products, so it’s playing a supporting role and isn’t really comsidered an active ingredient that benefits skin directly. There are almost no peer-reviewed studies on it for acne.

Salicylic Acid Acne + Pore Cleanser

But it doesn’t happen a lot with actual skin care drugs – perhaps because people realise that this would be pretty deceptive. Alternatively, AMPs could act as new topical antibiotic modulators of cutaneous microbiota and innate immunity [ 57]. The AMP pheromone, plantaricin A, increases the antioxidant defenses of human keratinocytes and modulates expression of filaggrin, involucrin, β-defensin and TNF-α genes in vitro [ 58]. Indeed, in addition to their antimicrobial activity, AMPs synthesized by mammals also regulate physiological functions such as inflammation, angiogenesis and wound healing. They are abundant in mammalian skin, and alterations in their levels of synthesis were recently shown to play a role in skin diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and rosacea [ 57]. But the marketing is all about how amazing raspberry oil is for sun protection. It’s “the next big thing”, and lots of doctors in Europe have been using it for decades.