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#93: What Benefits Does Kojic Acid Have For Skin?
#93: What Benefits Does Kojic Acid Have For Skin?
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 8, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
There’s a lot of rice-based ingredients and rice-adjacent ingredients in skincare. They can span from functional ingredients such as waxes and thickeners to exotic actives like the very famous Pitera. Amongst all of these ingredients, there’s one isolated active compound that we believe deserves some attention and that is kojic acid. This ingredient is a byproduct of the sake fermentation process and happens to have some solid data as a hyperpigmentation-fighting active. So let’s dive in!
Released:
Apr 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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