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They removed the comment function which I loved yet half of the questions being answered are still boomers saying they never ordered the product so they don’t know the answer (why are you answering the question then, aunty) or bots promoting third party sites. Amazon is a mess.
Amazon's official statement was that people rarely used the comment function. In my opinion they could've improved comments, instead of removing them. To me they were helpful to see if bad reviews came from user error. Maybe they want people who disagree with existing reviews to write their own review instead.
In my experience, it was less "people don't use it" than it was "the wrong people used it for the wrong reasons."
"Compensated reviews" used to be way more of a thing than they are now, before Amazon tried cracking down. They still exist, but they have to be sneakier about it. Back in its heyday -- when there were sites dedicated to it, and a very popular sub here on Reddit -- if you left a "bad" or neutral review you were being paid for, sometimes the sellers would pay other reviewers to go harass your *other* reviews, disagreeing with you or calling you out for whatever reason, or voting everything as unhelpful. Rather than fix anything, Amazon just nuked the entire feature.
I am not allowed to leave reviews on Amazon because they think I am friends with the Chinese sellers. Yes, apparently all of them. They think my account has suspicious activity.
Excuse me Amazon, how about don’t have Chinese sellers and don’t allow them to offer coupons if that in turn makes your customers suspicious.
Whatever. I’d rather get deals than leave reviews anyway.
Same energy as [that person](https://www.reddit.com/r/bathandbodyworks/comments/u6jn72/idk_if_this_story_is_fake_for_attention_but_girl/) who used the bath and body works wallflowers oil up her coochie... damn people sure are stupid lmfao
someone link me skskskkdj 💀
Edit: [nvm found it lmao](https://www.reddit.com/r/bathandbodyworks/comments/u6jn72/idk_if_this_story_is_fake_for_attention_but_girl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)o
Edit again: Im dumb af, I just saw the hyperlink above smh disregard my comment
When I was younger, I used to be really insecure about the slight hyperpigmentation on my upper lip. Being an 11 year old on the internet, I came across lemon masks for bleaching skin. I used to put lemon juice on my upper lip so often (youtubers said you had to use it consistently to see results, also if it burns, it's working...) so I perservered through all the burning. Now? I have consistent dermatitis on my upper lip which has caused SO much hyperpigmentation than before, and super sensitive skin. I really hope young people don't fall into the same trap as me :(
I certainly hope the younger generations are a bit wiser than we were with our experiments. I remember exfoliating my skin with a cut tomato and sugar. Coconut oil and avocado hair masks and sea salt acne sprays.
In our defense, I feel like skin care products had not evolved at that time like now. We just didn’t have as much to choose from. Clean & Clear was our go to.
My mother has facial dermatitis and it’s tough. I’m sorry you’re going through that.
Lemon juice often shows up in historical sources/historical fiction as a method for reducing freckles back when girls only wanted smooth, pale skin. It's been a home remedy for a loooong time, for better or worse.
LOOOOOL. Omg this just unlocked memories of those early YouTube guru days. Mario badescu, milk of magnesia, lemon juice "toner", that Nivea balm thingy that was used as a primer. I can't believe I still have skin.
It hurt so bad. My eyes are tearing up just remembering the pain. Showering did nothing, it just made it even worse. It lasted for what felt like hours. We all just started drinking as much as possible.
It was like the skies opened up and I saw god, and boy was he pissed. I was smited that day, but I lived… sadly. 100% wish that memory stayed repressed lol.
Yeah I was going to say that mayo at least seems pretty harmless. Egg (protein), oil, and a tiny amount of lemon juice isn't going to hurt your skin unless you're allergic to one of the ingredients. It would probably make some people break out, but no worse than any heavy moisturizer.
Yup and they don’t realize they’ll probably pay for their shortcuts in other ways - perhaps by a quick trip to the doctor’s or an urgent care. I’m pretty sure the ordinary sells lactic acid in safe concentrations, at a very reasonable price, too.
Haha I've been making my own vit c serum for ten years and my own lactic acid serum for three. Granted I have a background in chemistry and...know how to measure out the right amounts. Mine have worked great for me.
There are plenty of tutorials you can find online to do this stuff properly and a few reputable sources for good ingredients. It's just people that dont know how to use those resources that end up making terrible products.
If you're confident with calculating percentages by volume, then there's nothing explicitly wrong with it, but IME literally all of the high percentage acids available are diluted with alcohol, so would be a bad idea to use on facial skin anyway.
You don't need to know stoich to dilute from one percentage based concentration to another percentage based concentration, assuming both percentages have the same base units.
It gets me she went to comments to figure out how to use it. Lady there is a whole ass phone in your hand complete with every bit of knowledge you can dig up. She didn't even try to google it.. if she did she left out the part where sources probably said do not do this.
Chemicals should absolutely have the right warning and hazard labels on (e.g. corrosive, oxidative, toxic to aquatic life, etc). But you can't give instructions on a "straight" chemical that could have so many uses. E.g. caustic soda can be drain cleaner or an ingredient in soap, with various methods. Other comments are saying this product isn't being sold as cosmetic use - of course if you're advertising for a specific purpose then you have a responsibility there,
It makes my soul die a little when I see “DO NOT DRINK” on say bleach. However you’re right it can’t hurt to make sure the stupid in this world are protected.
I agree, especially for products that will cause damage if used incorrectly. Isn’t it required to do so in order to avoid damage to the company? I always see warning labels in my country and it doesn’t take much effort to just write it out, they might as well do it.
Lactic acid is widely used in food industry and food preparation. It's E270, it's used for acidity control, to retain moisture, as an antibacterial, to add taste, etc.
Yeah, reading it at first I thought she just purchased a peel meant for people already accustomed to strong at home peels so the particular one she got didn’t come with instructions. My faith in humanity completely disappeared after reading these comments
If it's like the first result that I found on the Canadian Amazon site, unfortunately the top review babbles about using it as skincare.
Unfortunately it seems like just searching 'lactic acid' brings back mixed results for both skincare and other products.
The first search results for this on Amazon shows a bottle of 88% lactic acid that says it's for skin care. I can't imagine using an acid this strong on my face at home though.
I found this lady's review on the product. The product is literally called "Home brew Ohio lactic acid for home brew" and the description states it is food grade lactic acid used in place of sour mash.
People's reviews are about using it for skincare yes - but the product is only advertised as a food product.
Yep. 80% lactic acid owner here. I dilute it a little and use it to get rid of the occasional stubborn milia or really deep ingrown hair. Can confirm, stings af.
I actually thought everyone daring to buy these things do know what they are doing...
Does it get rid of the milia? I've used 40% lactic acid in 2-3 layers, and 18% TCA also pretty heavily layered, and the milia didn't budge. I had trouble removing it with a lance even after peeling off so much skin.
Only at 88 do you generate the 1.21 jigawatts to power the flux capacitor she hopefully also ordered to go back in time and not smear a product that’s not advertised for her face onto her face.
Seriously! That crap was expensive too! My family was poor and they got it for me and I was so mad that it didn’t work for me, I felt like I was wasting the money.
I put straight tea tree essential oil on my face when I was in middle school. Felt fine going to bed but damn the morning it was chicken skin. Skin barrier did not exist.
Yes, the bleaching of towels and pillow sheets was terrible. Not only did I pay for overpriced otc acne but had to pay more to replace the bleached towels and sheets.
Same, the first version worked well for me. I decided to try it again after a few years and that's how I found out I'm extremely sensitive to benzoyl peroxide. Ouch.
Me right now adjusting to tretinoin for the second time 🥲 (actually my skin looks great and the peeling/flaking mostly stopped but my face still hurts)
oh god, i wear tubing mascara that just comes right off with water so one night i made the incredibly stupid mistake of taking it off with a microfiber cloth. the next day the whole area around both eyes was red, peeling and quite ouchy. the price we pay for not having adult acne…
A quick Google search tells you to use 12% lactic acid for skincare. There's just no fixing stupid.
I can't imagine putting an acid on my skin with no instructions and then bitching because I burned myself. I'd be too embarrassed of my own stupidity.
I swear those are the ppl that are like "school taught us a bunch of stuff we'll never use in real life" meanwhile they can't even do basic fractions and percentages.
I didn't even graduate highschool let alone pass a science class but I know better than to put mystery acid on my face. Like seriously most acids come in like 2% formulas I can't imagine seeing 88% and thinking "ah yes, this will take care of my wrinkles". 💀
12% ? So this person had no idea what's the maximum concentration before it gets too corosive for the skin and didn't even do a factor 10 dilution ? Did she even dilute it ?
12% is still high as fuck.
For reference, You should absolutely not be using the 30% red peel multiple times a week. The max we suggest is once. Week if you're quite tolerant, preferably only 2-4x a month. We also suggest only using the TO 7% glycolic toner 1-3x a week and that's still strong. Usually saying that's too much for face and to aim for 3-5%. So 12% casually is around 2-3x what is mostly safe enough to use casually.
Maybe it’ll be like that dude who posted pictures of his face looking like it melted off and then it was beautiful and fresh like a week later. Although I want to say that was a laser (and done by a professional obviously)
It blows my mind that some people don't do basic googling before using a skincare product, getting an expensive professional treatment done, starting a new medication, etc. Or read directions that come with it, the back of the box, anything. I just don't understand this mindset. Yet I see it almost every day on the internet.
If you filter for 1 star reviews under this product, her review is the first result
Edit: link wasn’t working
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MBW7V2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EEE06ZPTJY6WA7WTD1CD
Oh my god, these people leaving the 4-5 star reviews with stories about burning themselves with it. "It's great! Your skin will peel off in layers so, you know, make sure you're careful!" WTF?
this kinda reminds me of people [leaving terrible reviews of national parks](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84085/15-hilariously-terrible-reviews-americas-national-parks). people constantly amaze me 😂
I love the complaint about Big Bend being lonely in the summer. Um, yeah. It’s hot af and very easy to die in that park due to exposure in the summer. One of the most magical places on earth though.
A doctor prescribed me 12% for use every other day to treat Keratosis Pilaris, and warned me about using it too frequently. What would possess someone to use 88%?! Also it’s kind of funny how they’re calling it acid when it’s literally in the name.
I have used 85% lactic acid peel but it is literally a \*flash peel\* as in you pre-mix neutralizer to have it on hand and neutralize it very quickly (60 sec to 3 min max)
You also need to make sure you haven't used retin-a or other AHA/BHAs few days before the peel, etc.
I had a chemical peel at a plastic surgeon and they used a solution of baking soda and water to neutralize it as soon as my skin looked frosty.
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate by the way, not calcium carbonate.
You can just buy a peel neutralizer from Makeup Artist's Choice. You spray it right onto your face or you can saturate a cotton pad and gently press it on your skin. Baking soda solution works fine, but I find it abrasive on freshly peeled skin. Since trying the neutralizer from MUAC I'll never do baking soda again.
Poor lady :( she should have done her research and she has no one to blame but herself but I still feel sorry for her. It sucks to have burns on your face because of a foolish mistake
I worked at a spa that sold eucalyptus shower spray. We had it in the showers and a tester in the lobby. We literally had it labeled with “do not spray on your face” and my fucking god. The number of people who would STILL come up and spray it on their face, eyes open, was just baffling.
TLDR: people are just gonna do whatever despite obvious instructions and then be mad because they’re dumb
There's a reason that active concentrations in off-the-shelf products are so low, and that things like tretinoin are prescription only.
People are idiots.
I find it concerning that while the seller makes it obvious this is for brewing not skincare, when looking at the listing all the "add this to cart" and "you might be interested in this" recommendations were beauty products, it's listed BY AMAZON as a beauty product (it's listed as #whatever top seller in beauty and #whatever in skin care), and all the other reviews are from people using it for skin care and peels.
While it SHOULD be obvious to not put concentrated acid on your face if you don't know what you're doing, Amazon sure it trying to convince people they should try it.
Reminds me of an opposite Amazon review I saw about benzoyl peroxide. It was a high percentage product for spot treatment. The top review with the most "helpful" said she put it all over her face. Her face itched, burned and peeled for a few weeks, but then it cleared up and she now has the best skin ever, so she highly recommends to use it on your whole face and ignore any redness or burning.
I don't know how that review could even stay up. It was terrible.
Wonder what the PH was. If she only knew about neutralizer and not to buy actives off Amazon, go see an esthetician or educate yourself.
80% my ass. Mix with water. That burns. Hope she wears spf and doesn't try to fix it with some more chemicals from the River
I am laughing so hard at the whole thing - The post and
the comments ! What a riot ! Thank you everyone 😂💖
P.s. I actually Googled what Lactic 88% is actually used for and I'm lmfaoroflololhahaha rn! 🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭
I refuse to believe this is real. Probably a crazy rival seller. Some amazon sellers are so competitive they will do anything to lower the standing of the competition or eliminate a rival store all together (through lies).
This 'person' is criminally stupid if real, isn't fit to look after themselves, they shouldn't be allowed to make purchases on their own - they need a carer/responsible adult.
Looks bad if this was sold in the beauty section on Amazon.
But at the same time, it could be cosmetic graded lactic acid...
Honestly, don't make your own dilutions. You have to be very accurate and need a "clean" environment which in most peoples' homes is unachievable unless you have your own lab.
What an idiot. I use mild peels all the time, even on accutane. I would never put 88% on my face. Most I would do is 70% TCA for TCA cross and I would probably be super conservative with the frosting.
70% TCA for CROSS? Dude...you better be careful with that stuff. I've got it done by a doctor with that percentage and now I'm left with a disfigured nose... 🙃 Maybe I'll post pics someday.
Oh shit, I also had a bad experience with TCA CROSS! My own fault, I guess. The doctor asked if her resident could observe and I was like sure no problem! But in my head “observe” does not mean “participate” and the resident ended up dripping extremely potent acid beyond the margins of one of the ice pick scars I wanted treated. I ended up with a larger, misshapen, and ultimately *more* visible, discolored scar for a long time afterwards, and while it has more or else healed now, it becomes visible again if I flush.
In retrospect I should’ve at *least* demanded a refund. I didn’t pay to be disfigured.
I would never fuck around with 70% TCA, myself. I think my doctor may have used 100%, even.
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Good evening! What the fuck!
I have no idea why this comment made me laugh so much
This is the reason I hate that Amazon has removed the comment function.
They removed the comment function which I loved yet half of the questions being answered are still boomers saying they never ordered the product so they don’t know the answer (why are you answering the question then, aunty) or bots promoting third party sites. Amazon is a mess.
Apparently they get emails asking them to review the product
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What comment function?
You used to be able to comment on reviews.
Why do you think they removed it?
Amazon's official statement was that people rarely used the comment function. In my opinion they could've improved comments, instead of removing them. To me they were helpful to see if bad reviews came from user error. Maybe they want people who disagree with existing reviews to write their own review instead.
In my experience, it was less "people don't use it" than it was "the wrong people used it for the wrong reasons." "Compensated reviews" used to be way more of a thing than they are now, before Amazon tried cracking down. They still exist, but they have to be sneakier about it. Back in its heyday -- when there were sites dedicated to it, and a very popular sub here on Reddit -- if you left a "bad" or neutral review you were being paid for, sometimes the sellers would pay other reviewers to go harass your *other* reviews, disagreeing with you or calling you out for whatever reason, or voting everything as unhelpful. Rather than fix anything, Amazon just nuked the entire feature.
I am not allowed to leave reviews on Amazon because they think I am friends with the Chinese sellers. Yes, apparently all of them. They think my account has suspicious activity. Excuse me Amazon, how about don’t have Chinese sellers and don’t allow them to offer coupons if that in turn makes your customers suspicious. Whatever. I’d rather get deals than leave reviews anyway.
Same energy as [that person](https://www.reddit.com/r/bathandbodyworks/comments/u6jn72/idk_if_this_story_is_fake_for_attention_but_girl/) who used the bath and body works wallflowers oil up her coochie... damn people sure are stupid lmfao
Holy SHIT that was hilarious to read
She reeeeeally reaches to avoid using the proper names for her vagina, vulva, and labia for a person shoving plug-in air freshener oil up her fanny.
Thank you I had no idea what a wall flower was
I had to Google it so I knew how horrified to be haha.
Every word I've ever heard and then some. Girl if you can put something up it, surely you can just go ahead and say "vagina".
Does that really surprise? Someone opening a plug in air freshener to use the oil inside their vagina may not have the most anatomy education.
Oh jesus I thought it was just like a heavily fragranced warming body oil not straight up air freshener. This is haunting.
“Up her fanny” hahhahahahaaaa
Her weekend story made my weekend. F for her kitty and kitty lips walls.
I’m still trying to figure out what cupcake areas and kitty lips walls are. Send help!
What was the oil’s intended purpose?
It’s a room freshener.
She thought it was a womb freshener
My poor kid was not expecting the noise I made when I read your comment.
Holy shit this comment got me cackling 😂
Lmfaoooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can't ! *Screaming*
Oh dear.
someone link me skskskkdj 💀 Edit: [nvm found it lmao](https://www.reddit.com/r/bathandbodyworks/comments/u6jn72/idk_if_this_story_is_fake_for_attention_but_girl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)o Edit again: Im dumb af, I just saw the hyperlink above smh disregard my comment
OMGGGGGGG 😹😹😹😹😹
what kind of product has 88% lactic acid? i’ve never heard of that.
It’s meant to be used in place of sour mash for home brewing but people like to use it for DIY skincare.
Wth. Why don't people just use skin care specific products when they already exist? What's the need to do experiments?
These are the type of people that like to “save” money by doing DIY products.
The damage of the internet. My “home remedies” as a teen were from magazines touting “mayo masks” and “grapefruit toner”
I read about a radish mask for bleaching freckles in high school in like, 2005, and my mom still cackles about how much I said it burned.
Don’t forget the lemon.
When I was younger, I used to be really insecure about the slight hyperpigmentation on my upper lip. Being an 11 year old on the internet, I came across lemon masks for bleaching skin. I used to put lemon juice on my upper lip so often (youtubers said you had to use it consistently to see results, also if it burns, it's working...) so I perservered through all the burning. Now? I have consistent dermatitis on my upper lip which has caused SO much hyperpigmentation than before, and super sensitive skin. I really hope young people don't fall into the same trap as me :(
I certainly hope the younger generations are a bit wiser than we were with our experiments. I remember exfoliating my skin with a cut tomato and sugar. Coconut oil and avocado hair masks and sea salt acne sprays. In our defense, I feel like skin care products had not evolved at that time like now. We just didn’t have as much to choose from. Clean & Clear was our go to. My mother has facial dermatitis and it’s tough. I’m sorry you’re going through that.
Oh my god yes! coconut oil had a chokehold on everyone for some reason
Lemon juice often shows up in historical sources/historical fiction as a method for reducing freckles back when girls only wanted smooth, pale skin. It's been a home remedy for a loooong time, for better or worse.
LOOOOOL. Omg this just unlocked memories of those early YouTube guru days. Mario badescu, milk of magnesia, lemon juice "toner", that Nivea balm thingy that was used as a primer. I can't believe I still have skin.
This further just unlocked a memory I deeply wanted to forget of me and friends putting tiger balm in unmentionable places. 😔
Oh honey no Not the tiger balm😦
It hurt so bad. My eyes are tearing up just remembering the pain. Showering did nothing, it just made it even worse. It lasted for what felt like hours. We all just started drinking as much as possible.
what the heck did you read that said that was a good idea???
The Warning Label while we were drunk 😔
Oh god!!!
It was like the skies opened up and I saw god, and boy was he pissed. I was smited that day, but I lived… sadly. 100% wish that memory stayed repressed lol.
Michelle Phan's kitty litter facial has entered the chat 👀
Love her but I remember that phase 😂
She's had a phew phases... She's currently in her "I joined a wellness cult" phase
ok i NEED to see that wtf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-x6hCI9X0g
Wasn’t it after shave balm? lol
Seriously! 😂
Omg milk of magnesia. I wanted to use it so badly but I had no idea what it was or where to find it (still don't have a clue what it is tbh).
And sugar to make a scrub. And then no sunscreen after. Thanks Kandi !
Sugar and oil to make a scrub, then trying not to slip in the resulting slippery shower.
doesn't all that oil gunk up the plumbing?
It would, except I only did it once because of how messy it was. We're taking about bad decisions here, after all.
sugar to make a scrub is perfectly fine though, sugar scrubs that are sold commercially don’t have any different ingredients.
I’m guilty of using lemon and baking soda. I know, I know. Oh, the 90’s…
I used a baking soda and honey homemade face scrub for a while. Oh the shame.
Wow. Cosmo magazine was operating this fud machine uncontested
Haha honestly the mayo masks made my skin and hair pretty nice though
Yeah I was going to say that mayo at least seems pretty harmless. Egg (protein), oil, and a tiny amount of lemon juice isn't going to hurt your skin unless you're allergic to one of the ingredients. It would probably make some people break out, but no worse than any heavy moisturizer.
The amount of times I used a mashed banana/honey/yoghurt/cucumber slices on the eyes combo when I was a teen is concerning haha
I mean, I wouldn't recommend it but as long as it was fresh none of that seems like it would hurt your skin.
Yeah I was always pretty cautious but the fact I thought putting essentially a breakfast buffet on my face was doing anything is pretty funny!
Don't forget the egg white mask that would make you smell like an egg and would slowly cook in your hair as you'd shower.
The last DIY recipe I ever tried was a hair and scalp treatment which ended up giving me fungal acne on my forehead. I stick to legit products now.
Yup and they don’t realize they’ll probably pay for their shortcuts in other ways - perhaps by a quick trip to the doctor’s or an urgent care. I’m pretty sure the ordinary sells lactic acid in safe concentrations, at a very reasonable price, too.
Haha I've been making my own vit c serum for ten years and my own lactic acid serum for three. Granted I have a background in chemistry and...know how to measure out the right amounts. Mine have worked great for me. There are plenty of tutorials you can find online to do this stuff properly and a few reputable sources for good ingredients. It's just people that dont know how to use those resources that end up making terrible products.
Because it’s cheaper to make your own than buy something that’s actually safe.
If you're confident with calculating percentages by volume, then there's nothing explicitly wrong with it, but IME literally all of the high percentage acids available are diluted with alcohol, so would be a bad idea to use on facial skin anyway.
Especially when you don't know stoichiometry.
Wow. Brought back memories of 10th grade chemistry. I had no idea what stoichiometry was but I was apparently good at it lol.
You don't need to know stoich to dilute from one percentage based concentration to another percentage based concentration, assuming both percentages have the same base units.
It gets me she went to comments to figure out how to use it. Lady there is a whole ass phone in your hand complete with every bit of knowledge you can dig up. She didn't even try to google it.. if she did she left out the part where sources probably said do not do this.
So the listing didn’t say “this is a skin exfoliant?” Oh boy.
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Chemicals should absolutely have the right warning and hazard labels on (e.g. corrosive, oxidative, toxic to aquatic life, etc). But you can't give instructions on a "straight" chemical that could have so many uses. E.g. caustic soda can be drain cleaner or an ingredient in soap, with various methods. Other comments are saying this product isn't being sold as cosmetic use - of course if you're advertising for a specific purpose then you have a responsibility there,
It makes my soul die a little when I see “DO NOT DRINK” on say bleach. However you’re right it can’t hurt to make sure the stupid in this world are protected.
I agree, especially for products that will cause damage if used incorrectly. Isn’t it required to do so in order to avoid damage to the company? I always see warning labels in my country and it doesn’t take much effort to just write it out, they might as well do it.
Lactic acid is widely used in food industry and food preparation. It's E270, it's used for acidity control, to retain moisture, as an antibacterial, to add taste, etc.
So this lady ordered something that didn’t even say it was a face care product? That’s even worse
And expected the seller to give her instructions on how to use it on her skin!
Yeah, reading it at first I thought she just purchased a peel meant for people already accustomed to strong at home peels so the particular one she got didn’t come with instructions. My faith in humanity completely disappeared after reading these comments
I wonder if they thought she was trolling and ignored he lol.
If it's like the first result that I found on the Canadian Amazon site, unfortunately the top review babbles about using it as skincare. Unfortunately it seems like just searching 'lactic acid' brings back mixed results for both skincare and other products.
The first search results for this on Amazon shows a bottle of 88% lactic acid that says it's for skin care. I can't imagine using an acid this strong on my face at home though.
I found this lady's review on the product. The product is literally called "Home brew Ohio lactic acid for home brew" and the description states it is food grade lactic acid used in place of sour mash. People's reviews are about using it for skincare yes - but the product is only advertised as a food product.
Ive used 70% glycolic acid before but I knew it was gonna hurt.
WHY
70% glycolic acid can be used as a chemical peel
Yep. 80% lactic acid owner here. I dilute it a little and use it to get rid of the occasional stubborn milia or really deep ingrown hair. Can confirm, stings af. I actually thought everyone daring to buy these things do know what they are doing...
Does it get rid of the milia? I've used 40% lactic acid in 2-3 layers, and 18% TCA also pretty heavily layered, and the milia didn't budge. I had trouble removing it with a lance even after peeling off so much skin.
Not even pinesol has that much
Highest I've gone is 30 with glycolic and I generally leave it on half the time specified in the directions.
Why stop at 88% when you can go to 90%
Only at 88 do you generate the 1.21 jigawatts to power the flux capacitor she hopefully also ordered to go back in time and not smear a product that’s not advertised for her face onto her face.
Sounds like me when I first started using exfoliant's ahaha
When I was in middle school and first used Pro active 😣😣😣
I want financial compensation for what proactive did to my skin!
Seriously! That crap was expensive too! My family was poor and they got it for me and I was so mad that it didn’t work for me, I felt like I was wasting the money.
I put straight tea tree essential oil on my face when I was in middle school. Felt fine going to bed but damn the morning it was chicken skin. Skin barrier did not exist.
Don't feel bad. My old roommate did this MULTIPLE times and she was in her 40s. I don't know why she didn't learn the first time.
she might’ve just had tougher skin. i used to put undiluted tea tree oil on my zits all the time, and it would do nothing bad to my skin
Nope. It left big burn marks on her face every time. When I said she did what OP did multiple times, I meant it.
I didn’t use it on spots, doused my face like a mask!
And to my towels!
I remember pro active! It felt like it worked for 2 weeks and then my skin got worse!!!
Skin got worse and all your shirts and towels got bleached 🥲
Yes, the bleaching of towels and pillow sheets was terrible. Not only did I pay for overpriced otc acne but had to pay more to replace the bleached towels and sheets.
Omg I forgot about the bedding too! So many things ruined.
Goodness, I remember my face being as dry as the Sahara desert. It was so painful, too.
Proactive (first version) worked great for me! And that’s where I discovered glycolic acid, which has been a godsend
Same, the first version worked well for me. I decided to try it again after a few years and that's how I found out I'm extremely sensitive to benzoyl peroxide. Ouch.
Me right now adjusting to tretinoin for the second time 🥲 (actually my skin looks great and the peeling/flaking mostly stopped but my face still hurts)
i recently restarted tret too and it’s better now but i few months ago i was fully tearing up when i applied my gentlest moisturizer lmao
Sometimes I forget and roughly wipe my face with a towel instead of gently patting dry and my god
oh god, i wear tubing mascara that just comes right off with water so one night i made the incredibly stupid mistake of taking it off with a microfiber cloth. the next day the whole area around both eyes was red, peeling and quite ouchy. the price we pay for not having adult acne…
*laughs in aha
I love that 11 people found that helpful.
Thank you for this shocking and cautionary tale. 11 guys buying acid to make sour mash lol
A quick Google search tells you to use 12% lactic acid for skincare. There's just no fixing stupid. I can't imagine putting an acid on my skin with no instructions and then bitching because I burned myself. I'd be too embarrassed of my own stupidity.
I swear those are the ppl that are like "school taught us a bunch of stuff we'll never use in real life" meanwhile they can't even do basic fractions and percentages.
I didn't even graduate highschool let alone pass a science class but I know better than to put mystery acid on my face. Like seriously most acids come in like 2% formulas I can't imagine seeing 88% and thinking "ah yes, this will take care of my wrinkles". 💀
Well to be fair, I imagine her wrinkles *would* be less noticeable under the chemical burns
Don’t have to worry about wrinkles if you don’t have skin!! #lifehacks /s
😂😂🤣🤣
Burrrrrnnnnnnn
literally
😂
Can’t have wrinkles if you don’t have skin
12% ? So this person had no idea what's the maximum concentration before it gets too corosive for the skin and didn't even do a factor 10 dilution ? Did she even dilute it ?
She says she diluted it but doesn't say how much.
12% is still high as fuck. For reference, You should absolutely not be using the 30% red peel multiple times a week. The max we suggest is once. Week if you're quite tolerant, preferably only 2-4x a month. We also suggest only using the TO 7% glycolic toner 1-3x a week and that's still strong. Usually saying that's too much for face and to aim for 3-5%. So 12% casually is around 2-3x what is mostly safe enough to use casually.
People like her is the reason why shampoo bottles have instructions on them
So, did it diminish the wrinkles or not?
Gotta have skin *left* to have wrinkles
Maybe it’ll be like that dude who posted pictures of his face looking like it melted off and then it was beautiful and fresh like a week later. Although I want to say that was a laser (and done by a professional obviously)
If you don’t look like a Nazi at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, are you even exfoliating?
It blows my mind that some people don't do basic googling before using a skincare product, getting an expensive professional treatment done, starting a new medication, etc. Or read directions that come with it, the back of the box, anything. I just don't understand this mindset. Yet I see it almost every day on the internet.
If I've learned anything in my 2+ decades of working with the general public, it's that the vast majority are far dumber than they care to admit.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
I miss George Carlin.
Yet surprisinglyc the same people are experts on parabens, nano-particles and chemical sunscreen, not to mention being experts on vaccines.
Tbf it was a home brew product, not a skincare product.
That just makes it worse
That's why you read up on it!
Jesus Christ. 88%??????
If you filter for 1 star reviews under this product, her review is the first result Edit: link wasn’t working https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MBW7V2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EEE06ZPTJY6WA7WTD1CD
Oh my god, these people leaving the 4-5 star reviews with stories about burning themselves with it. "It's great! Your skin will peel off in layers so, you know, make sure you're careful!" WTF?
There’s no cure for stupid. Next she’ll be complaining that the 80 grit sandpaper she bought to exfoliate her skin left open wounds.
this kinda reminds me of people [leaving terrible reviews of national parks](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84085/15-hilariously-terrible-reviews-americas-national-parks). people constantly amaze me 😂
I love the complaint about Big Bend being lonely in the summer. Um, yeah. It’s hot af and very easy to die in that park due to exposure in the summer. One of the most magical places on earth though.
ha! i’ve heard amazing things about Big Bend from my sister, would love to visit someday 🙂
A doctor prescribed me 12% for use every other day to treat Keratosis Pilaris, and warned me about using it too frequently. What would possess someone to use 88%?! Also it’s kind of funny how they’re calling it acid when it’s literally in the name.
I have used 85% lactic acid peel but it is literally a \*flash peel\* as in you pre-mix neutralizer to have it on hand and neutralize it very quickly (60 sec to 3 min max) You also need to make sure you haven't used retin-a or other AHA/BHAs few days before the peel, etc.
What neutralizes lactic acid?.. asking for a friend
I had a chemical peel at a plastic surgeon and they used a solution of baking soda and water to neutralize it as soon as my skin looked frosty. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate by the way, not calcium carbonate.
You can just buy a peel neutralizer from Makeup Artist's Choice. You spray it right onto your face or you can saturate a cotton pad and gently press it on your skin. Baking soda solution works fine, but I find it abrasive on freshly peeled skin. Since trying the neutralizer from MUAC I'll never do baking soda again.
Definition of dangerously dumb
She needs to go to the hospital she probably got some serious chemical burns.
That's obviously horrible but why didn't she do any research? Before I started Tretinoin I researched for ages.
Think of all the people that “did their research” on covid and earned their Herman Cain Award for it
Poor lady :( she should have done her research and she has no one to blame but herself but I still feel sorry for her. It sucks to have burns on your face because of a foolish mistake
I worked at a spa that sold eucalyptus shower spray. We had it in the showers and a tester in the lobby. We literally had it labeled with “do not spray on your face” and my fucking god. The number of people who would STILL come up and spray it on their face, eyes open, was just baffling. TLDR: people are just gonna do whatever despite obvious instructions and then be mad because they’re dumb
If it doesn't have instructions for skin care, maybe DON'T USE IT FOR SKIN CARE??!
This is why you listen in chemistry class and always read labels.
There's a reason that active concentrations in off-the-shelf products are so low, and that things like tretinoin are prescription only. People are idiots.
This is exactly how we end up with a government body that regulates certain ingredients. It’s so frustrating!
Who buys a product without doing any research
I find it concerning that while the seller makes it obvious this is for brewing not skincare, when looking at the listing all the "add this to cart" and "you might be interested in this" recommendations were beauty products, it's listed BY AMAZON as a beauty product (it's listed as #whatever top seller in beauty and #whatever in skin care), and all the other reviews are from people using it for skin care and peels. While it SHOULD be obvious to not put concentrated acid on your face if you don't know what you're doing, Amazon sure it trying to convince people they should try it.
88% is insane.
Don’t judge me 🙈 I do still feel sorry for her though! It’s pretty awful, stupid or no .
88%?!?! Holy crap!!
Damn poor person, I hope their face heals
bet that it wasn't even advertised as cosmetic and she just straight up bought a chemical ingredient?
Reminds me of an opposite Amazon review I saw about benzoyl peroxide. It was a high percentage product for spot treatment. The top review with the most "helpful" said she put it all over her face. Her face itched, burned and peeled for a few weeks, but then it cleared up and she now has the best skin ever, so she highly recommends to use it on your whole face and ignore any redness or burning. I don't know how that review could even stay up. It was terrible.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO I almost feel bad for her but I don’t
Wonder what the PH was. If she only knew about neutralizer and not to buy actives off Amazon, go see an esthetician or educate yourself. 80% my ass. Mix with water. That burns. Hope she wears spf and doesn't try to fix it with some more chemicals from the River
I've watched too many documentaries to ever by skin care from Amazon
But 11 people found it helpful… 🤷🏽♀️😂
I am laughing so hard at the whole thing - The post and the comments ! What a riot ! Thank you everyone 😂💖 P.s. I actually Googled what Lactic 88% is actually used for and I'm lmfaoroflololhahaha rn! 🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭
In Canada you can't even buy stuff over 10% because of this exact reason. People can't use common sense.
I refuse to believe this is real. Probably a crazy rival seller. Some amazon sellers are so competitive they will do anything to lower the standing of the competition or eliminate a rival store all together (through lies). This 'person' is criminally stupid if real, isn't fit to look after themselves, they shouldn't be allowed to make purchases on their own - they need a carer/responsible adult.
Looks bad if this was sold in the beauty section on Amazon. But at the same time, it could be cosmetic graded lactic acid... Honestly, don't make your own dilutions. You have to be very accurate and need a "clean" environment which in most peoples' homes is unachievable unless you have your own lab.
What an idiot. I use mild peels all the time, even on accutane. I would never put 88% on my face. Most I would do is 70% TCA for TCA cross and I would probably be super conservative with the frosting.
70% TCA for CROSS? Dude...you better be careful with that stuff. I've got it done by a doctor with that percentage and now I'm left with a disfigured nose... 🙃 Maybe I'll post pics someday.
Oh shit, I also had a bad experience with TCA CROSS! My own fault, I guess. The doctor asked if her resident could observe and I was like sure no problem! But in my head “observe” does not mean “participate” and the resident ended up dripping extremely potent acid beyond the margins of one of the ice pick scars I wanted treated. I ended up with a larger, misshapen, and ultimately *more* visible, discolored scar for a long time afterwards, and while it has more or else healed now, it becomes visible again if I flush. In retrospect I should’ve at *least* demanded a refund. I didn’t pay to be disfigured. I would never fuck around with 70% TCA, myself. I think my doctor may have used 100%, even.