On the relationship between glycolic acid and whitehead acne removal
Today to explore whether glycolic acid can remove whitehead acne. Glycolic acid is quite useful in the field of skin care. It is an alpha-hydroxy acid with relatively small molecules that can easily penetrate into the stratum corneum of the skin.

The cause of whitehead acne is that the mouth of the sebaceous glands of the hair follicle is blocked by keratinocytes, and sebum cannot be excreted normally, accumulating in the hair follicle, forming a white keratinous papule.

Glycolic acid acts on the skin. First, it can loosen the connections between keratinocytes, causing the accumulated stratum corneum to fall off. This process is like loosening the tightly packed masonry, allowing the keratin that blocks the mouth of the hair follicle to be removed, thus opening up a pathway for sebum excretion to help improve the condition of whiteheads. Second, glycolic acid can promote skin metabolism and accelerate epidermal cell renewal. The newly formed epidermal cells are healthier and more orderly, which can reduce the possibility of abnormal keratinocyte accumulation and prevent the formation of whiteheads from the root cause.

However, if you want to use glycolic acid to remove whiteheads, you need to be cautious. Glycolic acid has a certain irritation. If the concentration is too high, the frequency is improper, or the skin tolerance is poor, it is easy to cause the skin to appear redness, swelling, tingling, desquamation and other uncomfortable reactions. Therefore, users should first conduct a local trial according to their own skin type to determine tolerance before gradually expanding the scope of use and adjusting the frequency of use.

In summary, glycolic acid does have potential in removing whiteheads, but it needs to be used reasonably and scientifically, so as to avoid skin damage when harvesting skin beauty effects.