The six measurable markers that separate a glycolic acid body lotion that resurfaces skin from one that only softens: named concentration, working pH, barrier support, fragrance-free base, defined mechanism, and traceable manufacture.
The right body lotion is rarely the one with the loudest claim, or the highest number. It is the one that meets the six measurable markers that decide whether an acid actually changes body skin.
Body skin is not a bigger face. The complete reference on what glycolic acid does below the neck, how to judge a formula, and where the evidence is firm and where it is inference.
Every viral body acid spawns a hundred cheaper lookalikes. Most copy the number on the bottle and little else. Here is the four-part test that separates a genuine equivalent from a near miss, and why the headline percentage was never the whole story.
Why two lotions with identical label percentages can deliver entirely different results, and the formulation principle that distinguishes them.