Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs): Water soluble compounds used in chemical peels and skin care products like moisturizers, cleansers, eye creams, sunscreen and foundations.

 

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Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs): Water soluble compounds used in chemical peels and skin care products like moisturizers, cleansers, eye creams, sunscreen and foundations.

Essential Fatty Acids (EFA): Required by the body, however only obtainable from food sources, such as flaxseed oil and safflower oil.

Hydroxy Acids: Substances penetrating the epidermis and upper dermis aiming to slough dead skin cells, used as anti-aging and anti-wrinkle ingredient in skin care products, the large cosmetic market based . . . View Full Definition

Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHA): Lipid soluble substances used in acne therapy for oily skin due to their exfoliating properties and in the prevention of clogged pores, most known BHA is salicylic acid.

Hydroxyl: 1. An -OH group within a molecule. 2. A free radical formed by abstraction of a hydrogen atom from water.

Amino Acids: Twenty- two basic building blocks of the body that make up proteins.

Aluminum Oxide (Alpha Single Crystal): An inert highly biocompatible strong ceramic material from which endosseous implants are fabricated.

Hydroxylapatite Ceramic: This is a dense, non-resorpable ceramic, which when implanted into bane, displays a highly attractive generic profile, which features a lack of local or systemic toxicity.

Trans Fatty Acids: A type of fat formed when unsaturated vegetables oils are hydrogenated. These forms are more stable but do not occur in nature.

Phonemic Alphabet: The twelve vowel sounds and twenty-two consonant sounds that make up spoken english, normally encoded between virgules / /.