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Salicylic acid has exfoliant properties that may help ... “Avoiding potential triggers — such as hot showers, spicy foods, and certain beverages containing alcohol — also often helps control ...

Salicylic acid is the Holy Grail ingredient for tackling blemishes or those pesky black dots residing on your nose. Its name may sound confusing (say it with us: sal-i-cy-lic), but its effects are ...

In the late 19th century, simply eating food could be a genuine hazard. To increase the shelf life of their products, food manufacturers intentionally added dangerous chemicals like formaldehyde and ...

Made from 40 percent natural salt and glycolic and salicylic acids, this formula gives skin a good old-fashioned scrub down.

Whether you want to address rough, scaly skin or a body breakout that just won't go away, the solution may be a body wash with salicylic acid. "Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid that helps ...

Salicylic acid is the ingredient to look out for if you suffer from spots or blemishes. Here’s how it works and why it’s so good. Do you often experience hormonal breakouts? Do you have oily ...

Next, you'll need a good retinol cream for nighttime use. But most importantly, you'll want to find a way to work salicylic ...

Chemically, it is a useful molecule. It can be converted to salicylic acid and then phenol, which is an extremely useful precursor. Also, the salicylic acid itself can be used to make the minty ...

The patient applied a topical multivesicular cream formulation of 6% salicylic acid (Salex, Healthpoint Ltd., Fort Worth, TX) to one foot b.i.d. The physician was blinded as to which foot was treated.