Most 12% acids feel like you pressed your face against a hot stove. This one doesn’t — because Dermafique built a timed-release buffer system around lactic acid instead of the usual glycolic assault.
The trick? They locked the AHA in a gel that releases it slowly over 8 hours. So you get the resurfacing without the red, angry face the next morning.
₹1,295 for 50ml. The claim was “overnight peel with zero downtime” — I called bullshit until week two.
Timed-release gel matrix
The AHA doesn’t hit your skin all at once. It trickles in while you sleep.
12% lactic acid base
Lactic is the gentlest AHA. Bigger molecule = slower penetration = less screaming.
No rinse formula
Apply, sleep, wash in AM. No middle-of-the-night panic rinse.
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Four active players. No filler orchestra. The buffer system is the star — pH 4.0 to keep acid active but skin calm.
- Lactic Acid 12%: Exfoliates + hydrates (unlike glycolic which dries)
- Pentavitin: Binds moisture for 72 hours — weirdly specific, actually works
- Niacinamide: Calms the redness you’d expect from a peel
- Allantoin: Speeds healing so you don’t peel visibly
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Feels like a lightweight gel moisturizer — not a sticky peel. Absorbs in 20 seconds. Zero residue on my pillowcase. That alone made me suspicious.
Week two: my left cheek (my test zone) stopped catching on my moisturizer. Texture went from “sandpaper” to “okay, we’re getting somewhere.” The shock? No purging. I always purge. Didn’t this time.
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Closed comedones on my chin? Gone by week three. The fine lines around my mouth? Still there, but softer. My dark spots? Lighter, not erased. It’s honest work — not a miracle.
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If you’ve been scared of AHAs because of the horror stories — this is your entry point. It actually resurfaces without the revenge.