Ingredient · INCI listed
Mandelic Acid
The largest alpha-hydroxy acid, so big-moleculed that it exfoliates slowly and shallowly — which makes it the AHA best tolerated by sensitive and deeper skin tones prone to post-inflammatory marks.
Data summary
Products containing
25
Most common in
10 products
exfoliants
Typical pairing
Salicylic Acid (BHA)
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In the catalog
Mandelic Acid by the numbers.
Mandelic Acid appears in 25 products across the DermFND catalog, most often in exfoliants (10 products) but also across cleansers and treatments. Formulations carrying it score 74/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is By Wishtrend Mandelic Acid 5% Skin Prep Water at 90/100.
Of those, 8 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Salicylic Acid (8 shared formulas) and Lactic Acid (7 shared formulas). The median price of a mandelic acid product here is $37.
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