Serum AHA

Use as a rejuvenating night treatment for a minimum of 8 weeks, 2-3 times weekly on sensitive skin and every night on normal skin. Apply to cleansed face, neck and décolletage. Wait a minimum of 3 minutes for the serum to fully penetrate, follow with moisturizer.

Aqua*, Glycerin (veg)**, Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit Extract*, Lactic acid*, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract*, Saccharum Officinarum Extract*, Sclerotium Gum**, Hamamelis Virginiana Leaf Extract*, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Peel Oil Expressed**, Citrus Limon Fruit Extract*, Acer Saccharum Extract*, Tocopheryl Acetate, Biosaccharide Gum-1*, Glyceryl Caprylate**, Citrus Limon Peel Oil*, Citrus Sinensis Peel Oil Expressed**, Benzyl Alcohol, Salicylic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Anisate**, Sodium Levulinate**, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Limonene**, Citral**, Linalool**.
* Organic and Ecologic Certified Ingredients
** Natural Origin

Natural AHA acids from bilberry, sugar maple, lemon, sugar cane and orange are gently exfoliating.
Protective antioxidants from organic green tea and vitamin E.
Organic witch hazel to calm and reduce redness.
Moisturizing complex.

At a 10% dilution, the natural AHAs (used in Cicamed serum AHA) produced a 34% increase in cell renewal, compared to untreated control site, as seen in figure 1. Accordingly, there was a 143% increase in the numbers of squames (dead skin cells from the outermost layer of stratified squamous epithelium) generated.

Figure 1. Days for stain removal at 10% aqueous solution of natural AHA compared to the untreated control site.