AHA!

OR

THE SMART WAY TO CLEANSE AND PEEL

AHA fruit acids...

I am sure this has occurred to you, but... wouldn't it make sense to at least try getting the AHAs from the actual fruits themselves?


(Allergies etc. Well- the same goes for the ingredients of commercially sold potions, doesn't it?
Only their action could be much more insidious and/or long-lasting than any rash you might get from a fruit.
N.B. I never did get a rash from any fruit, except pesticide-infested strawberries.)

Well, it works.


And the best thing about it - not counting its minimal-to-null cost (it can be considered null if you are using the remnants of a fruit you bought to eat - and actually ate) and the oddly deep satisfaction of really working with nature - is that, by using different fruit, you provide the skin with different nutrients, different kinds of AHA.

Apples:
Cherries:
Apricots:
Blueberries (or, preferably, bilberries):

After you are done (20 minutes or so, as usually), wipe it off with a soft tissue and then wipe the skin again with a tissue or cotton ball soaked in distilled water. (You can use tap or bottled water to simply wash it off, of course.)

I prefer NOT to follow this - at least not immediately - with any cream.
But if you want, you can, after a few minutes, lightly massage your skin with a light neutral cream or, preferably, with the oil of your choice (almond, sesame, coconut... often enhanced with a few drops of pure essential oil.)

I have also, on occasions, used (whole) milk.
(Not bad.
More on milk as a beauty aid on another occasion.)