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Vitamin E and lactic acid

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Vitamin E and lactic acid: work well together

Work well together

Use lactic acid first, then vitamin E a little later, because antioxidants help protect freshly exfoliated skin. Lactic acid smooths and exfoliates the skin, while vitamin E calms and protects against everyday stress. If your skin feels sensitive, try using a milder strength or wait longer between applying them.

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Questions and answers

Can you use vitamin E and lactic acid together?

Yes, you can use vitamin E and lactic acid together because antioxidants like vitamin E help protect your skin from oxidative stress after exfoliation. You can find them combined in products like Carpe Exfoliating Underarm Scrub, ZO Skin Health Exfoliating Cleanser, Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser, Pond's Rejuveness Anti-Wrinkle Cream, Obagi Clear, and Dermalogica BioLumin-C Serum.

Which goes first, vitamin E or lactic acid?

Vitamin E and lactic acid work well together, with vitamin E applied during a recovery or neutralizing step after exfoliating with lactic acid to help protect skin from oxidative stress. You can find both ingredients together in finished products like Carpe Exfoliating Underarm Scrub, ZO Skin Health Exfoliating Cleanser, and Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser.

Are vitamin E and lactic acid good for sensitive skin?

Yes, vitamin E and lactic acid work well together by combining exfoliation with antioxidant protection during recovery steps, helping all skin types, especially photoaged skin. Products like Carpe Exfoliating Underarm Scrub, ZO Skin Health Exfoliating Cleanser, and Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser contain both ingredients.

Research on vitamin E and lactic acid

Behind this pairing advice

Lovi checks every pairing with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

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    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

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    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

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    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

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    Aishani Shah, MD

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    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

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    Asya Zubkova, MS

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    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

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    Elina Nazarenko, MD

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    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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