Comments on: AHA vs. BHA: Which Exfoliant is Better For Your Skin? https://www.lindsaysilberman.com/aha-vs-bha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aha-vs-bha Luxury | Credibility | No B.S. Sun, 20 Aug 2023 06:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Lindsay Silberman https://www.lindsaysilberman.com/aha-vs-bha/#comment-3589 Wed, 12 May 2021 23:03:08 +0000 https://www.lindsaysilberman.com/?p=6906#comment-3589 In reply to Kate.

totally! I’ve sadly made that mistake myself many times (had to learn the hard way that there is a such a thing as too much exfoliation). We do call out in the article that “If you use a Vitamin C serum in the morning, it would be best to use your AHA or BHA at night—as combining the acids could potentially irritate skin”

but agreed that it would be helpful to clarify about not combining AHA/BHAs with retinoids and other actives!

]]> By: Kate https://www.lindsaysilberman.com/aha-vs-bha/#comment-2797 Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:46:01 +0000 https://www.lindsaysilberman.com/?p=6906#comment-2797 How about a follow up with PHA’s and azelaic acid included? And addressing using any of these products with tretinoin (retinoic acid)? Or even non-Rx retinoids? And the now OTC Differin which isn’t technically a retinoid but works much like one. I’d imagine there are people who don’t realize that their retinol products will not play nicely with some of these products. Or with vitamin C. Can you imagine a reader using PC 2% BHA and then her Vitamin C booster? Thinking it’s a great AM routine? Or using DE’s Babyface mask then putting on their night time retinoid? I think we all want the best results as quickly as possible but to stock up and then pile on multiple products with acids as their main ingredients is a recipe for disaster. This is such a tricky subject and I appreciate the time you took to break the information down, there’s just so much more to it. (And I’m sure you already know all of this.) I just hate to think of someone using these products with super high hopes only to end up with burning, red, flaking skin- or worse.

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