I suspect that a lot of people probably have the same reaction that I did when I first head about using acids to exfoliate my skin, which was visions of chemical burns and basically my skin falling off. Luckily for my skin, I took a closer look at these types of products and found that not only are well formulated acid exfoliants less irritating and more gentle than traditional physical exfoliants, but they've completely changed my skin. Honestly, while my skin care routine has gotten pretty intense over the years, I can say without a moment's hesitation that regular use of acid exfoliants has been the biggest factor in changing my skin for the better over the past few years.
Though one of their products has been in my rotation for years, I recently had the opportunity to try out a whole bunch of different Paula's Choice AHA & BHA Exfoliants* and I wanted to take the opportunity to really talk about the two different types of acids, how they work, and who could really benefit from having them in their skin care routine.
