Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution

Q: What is Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution?

A 15% glycolic acid-based AHA exfoliating solution with additional acids (lactic, mandelic, malic, phytic) and enzymes, designed to improve skin texture, clarity, and radiance through chemical exfoliation.

Q: Is Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution worth it?

Mostly yes. 6 of the 7 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

Q: What is Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution's Guru Score?

Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

Q: Who is Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution best for?

Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution is generally suited to oily skin, combination skin and acne-prone skin.

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Dr. Aleksandra Brown

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"The Prequel Multi-Aid Milk Peel is a little spicier. [...] This is like 15% AHA blend, so it has glycolic and then other exfoliating acids and some enzymes. The formulation is really nice. It's a little bit thicker, milky toner. You can use it on your face, but it's also really good for like KP, rough elbows, knees, even rough feet, and it comes in pretty big bottles, so you can really be versatile with it."

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"This new one from Prequel has been really cool. This is the multi-acid milk peel. It's an AHA exfoliating solution. It has a blend. It helps improve skin texture, clarity, radiance without irritation. Comes in a giant bottle. It's really nice. You can use it on your face, neck, chest, really entire body if you wanted to. It has a really nice blend of glycolic, phytic, malic, mandelic, lactic. The glycolic in here is 15% compared to the ordinary, which is only seven."

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"I do find it to be a little bit spicier, a little bit step up from The Ordinary, so if your skin is very sensitive maybe start with The Ordinary first, or the first time you use this maybe apply just a little bit of extra moisturizer like a lip balm around the nose and the corners of the mouth so it doesn't irritate those areas. If you don't have sensitive skin, she's your girl, you can go straight to this in place of The Ordinary glycolic acid."

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"It's a focused exfoliating treatment built around 15% blend of AHA with your glycolic, lactic, malic, mandelic, plus some enzymes to smooth texture and brighten. [...] One clear job, it's exfoliation, okay? It's done and it's done well. You decide how it fits into your routine. It's a really good option if you like a dedicated exfoliating step and you want to control how often you use it. With it being such a big bottle, this is great for other parts on your body."

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Beyond50Skin

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"I have their peel serum that I tried for my face and it was much too strong. It's called their multi-acid milk peel, a little bit too strong for my face."

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"I will definitely be backing off the multi-acid peel by Prequel. This is actually a little bit too heavy duty for my sensitive skin in the winter, but definitely a great body peel body exfoliant. If your body can tolerate it, go for it."

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"This is called their Multi-Acid Milk Peel AHA Exfoliating Solution. [...] It is a very intense, in my personal opinion, especially as someone with sensitive skin, 15% glycolic acid. This gives me a tingle. It also has phytic acid, malic acid, and lactic acid and enzymes and squalane. If you've never used glycolic acid before and you want to try it, but you want to acclimate your skin to it, you can use this as a wash off mask."

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"I have their peel serum that I tried for my face and it was much too strong. It's called their multi-acid milk peel, a little bit too strong for my face."

Kelly Driscoll

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"It's a leave-on essence rather than a wash-off mask, [...] so with my sensitive skin I use it once a week and still get smoother, brighter, more radiant skin, plus the enzymes help decongest. I've actually been using this for about a year now and I really love the results. [...] Because it's a bigger, [...] more affordable bottle, I also use it [...] on my body, my back and even as a big part of my foot care routine. Value-wise it's kind of a no-brainer."

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"That is huge. Some of these products that I use with this amount of AHA are like 30 milliliter or 50 milliliter. So this really big size actually makes this really economical for body use. And that is why it's impressed me this month. I've actually been using this for especially for my back, the tops of my arms, my chest, and now that sandal season is starting to wind down, I'm starting to use this on my feet as well because AHA helps to exfoliate the top surface of skin."

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"The milk peel from Prequel costs $23 and you actually get 226 milliliters of product for that price. [...] This is an AHA based product that uses 15% glycolic acid, and they're also bulking out that glycolic acid percentage with some other AHA forms including [mandelic] and lactic acid, phytic and malic acid. [...] One thing that makes this one a little bit different in the formula [...] is the enzymes they're using here, the lipases and the proteases."

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"It's the Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel. I really enjoy this one. We've got 15% glycolic acid in here, as well as a couple of other different forms, gentler forms of AHA. [...] There's also two different types of enzymes in here that don't necessarily exfoliate the skin, but they do aid in the skin cell turnover process by actually loosening up the glue or the keratin, that sticky thick sebum that holds onto the dead skin cells on your skin."

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"So this actually penetrates in the skin even slower. And this is a good thing if we're looking for gentle, non-aggressive AHAs. You're still going to get the benefits. It's just not going to sting and burn your skin the way that glycolic acid sometimes can. [Mandelic] acid actually has some of its own unique properties that are different from glycolic and lactic acids. It's actually particularly good for acne prone skin. It is an antibacterial AHA."

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"I used this multi-acid milk peel from Prequel last night. It's an AHA peel, it's like 15% AHA, it's actually quite potent. I did it last night and I feel like my skin looks a little brighter. It feels a little bit smoother. And that's what I'm talking about with an outer glow up, you know, [...] just a little [...] sort of way to [...] feel a little bit more confident in my skin without having to go for something really crazy, really expensive, really over the top."

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"And I didn't wake up with my skin feeling raw or irritated or anything. I actually when I woke up, my skin looks really smooth. It looks brighter. It has that rejuvenated effect that I have come to expect from a high percentage AHA type of product like this one. [...] Yes, it was a little spicy when it was on my skin working on my skin, but the fact that it didn't push my skin too far and I got really nice results, this is something that I'm cautiously optimistic about."

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"We've got quite a bit of exfoliating action coming from the glycolic acid and the other acids that are resurfacing the top of the skin, getting rid of dead skin cells, smoothing out texture, helping the look of pores, helping with congestion and minor texture, and brightening and rejuvenating the skin. This is the one that I've used the most, the first one that I've emptied, and the one that I repurchased. I use it multiple times a week now. It is so so good."

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The Budget Dermatologist

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"One's a little more gentle, sensitive skin friendly, by Prequel. It's the multi-acid milk peel, has 15% glycolic in it."

Dr Dray

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"I think this is a great option not only for the body like the arms, the thighs, wherever you deal with it, but you can also obviously use this on the face. The reason I call it an affordable dupe is if you have ever come across the Sunday Riley Good Genes, that is so expensive. It's very popular and at the end of the day, it's a lactic acid toner, serum, whatever you want to name it. This does what that does, but much less expensive. Very good formulation. Highly recommend that."

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"They have a lactic acid milky fluid. It's wonderful. It's a pretty sizable bottle. You get a lot of product in there and it's easy to use on your body as well. I like to use it as a body serum underneath body moisturizers that don't have lactic acid."

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"Prequel has a glycolic acid milk peel with glycolic, phytic, malic, mandelic and lactic acid and squalane. This is good for rough and bumpy skin, gently exfoliating away dry rough skin texture, improving skin tone, smoothness and clarity. I liked everything from Prequel that I've tried. This is really good."

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"Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel has lactic acid as well as a few other alpha hydroxy acids. Feels, looks, performs the same. [...] It's a very close dupe. It's [...] a lightweight, fluid, very affordable. $23 for 7.6 ounces. So instead of paying $122 for 1.7 oz, you pay $23 for 7.6 oz. It will last you longer and your wallet will thank you."

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"This is from Prequel. It is an alpha hydroxy acid milky sort of toner. It has 15% glycolic acid as well as phytic and malic and mandelic and lactic. So, this is really good for softening rough skin texture. Great option if you have keratosis pilaris on the face as well. Don't use these on the eyelid skin though. Can be very irritating there."

Nipun Kapur

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"If you are someone who can tolerate something like a 15% multi-acid peel, get it. Otherwise, skip it. You don't want to risk a broken skin barrier, but if you can tolerate it, this is [...] a 10 on 10. And I've never given anything a 10 on 10."

Dr. Sam Ellis

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"It's 15% glycolic acid, so it's a little spicy when you first apply it, but if you have dull or crepey skin, this will level you up so quickly. I like to apply it right after the shower on clean, dry skin, just like a body serum. You do not need to rinse it off. And then I follow almost immediately with a body lotion. I do this about two times a week."

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"Our multi-acid milk peel has 15% glycolic acid plus a mixture of other alpha hydroxy acids. And what was really cool about this product when we did the clinical testing is that in 100% of the participants when they applied this to their facial skin for just 4 weeks, they all had a reduction in their visible pore size. And this wasn't a consumer perception study where they just say, "Oh, it's my opinion that my pores look smaller." No, on camera, everyone's pores measured smaller."

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"It is potent but gentle. I feel like there's a misconception around this product that it's only meant for face, but I actually think people even have more success when they use it on their body. It does have 15% glycolic acid, which is not only a fairly high strength of glycolic acid, but glycolic acid is also the strongest of the alpha hydroxy acids, but it also has phytic acid and maleic acid and lactic acid and mandelic acid. Sort of these supporting more gentle alpha hydroxy acids."

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"I love my Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel. It's 15% glycolic acid, which can be used on the face, but I think is even better utilized sometimes on the body after your shower a couple times a week. Applying that everywhere will make your skin so soft, so smooth. And when you do this consistently over the course of months, you will notice that your skin is more supple as well."

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"My Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel has been an absolute game changer for my body exfoliation. This is 15% glycolic acid. So this is pretty spicy and not everyone is going to be able to use it on their face, but it is a huge bottle and I actually find myself reaching for it even more for my body because not only is it going to help exfoliate off dead skin cells, but glycolic acid also helps boost collagen over time, it helps with crepey skin."

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"I apply this from my collar bones down my entire body. Although I'm not quite at the point in my life where I have a lot of crepey or saggy skin, I do feel like it has really helped with my skin firmness and the overall texture, especially for the little bumps on my arms and on my thighs. For my patients who do have more mature skin, they've reported that it has helped so much with the smoothness and the quality of their skin. If you have not tried using this on your body, I highly recommend."

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"I love my Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel. This has 15% glycolic acid so it's a more intense exfoliant, but if you use it with less frequency you're not going to overdo it. Really the key here is that exfoliation in moderation is going to give you the best skin."

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"I use the Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel, it's 15% glycolic acid combined with a few other alpha hydroxy acids as well as squalane to support your skin barrier, and I usually do it after the shower one evening per week. I either put a little bit in my hands and just sort of rub it on my face and body, or if I'm feeling fancy I will put it on a cotton pad and swipe it over my face that way. Then I follow it up with my hydrating serum and my moisturizer."

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"And this milk peel is beautiful because it's 15% glycolic acid so you're getting true rigorous exfoliation, but then it has a gentle blend of other acids and that really nice supportive milky formula so it's not too irritating. What a lot of people don't know about glycolic acid is that it's not just an exfoliant, it's also a humectant that helps the skin hold on to water and it helps stimulate collagen, so it's anti-aging in so many ways."

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"This has multiple exfoliating acids in it and it's actually pretty potent, but I love what it does to my skin. I have that tretinoin working in the background on the collagen production and then I have the multi-acid milk peel giving me that immediate glow. And when I follow that routine up with a good moisturizer, my skin does just fine."

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"I use the Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel once a week from my face down to the rest of my body."

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"I love our Prequel Multi-Acid Milk Peel. It's 15% glycolic acid and then it also contains a few other alpha hydroxy acids, but it also contains squalane which helps it be more moisturizing and barrier supportive. So it allows you to tolerate a high potency of glycolic acid without irritation. I also like that it's only $23 and it comes in a huge bottle so you can use it on your face and your body and not feel guilty about it."

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"Our multi-acid milk peel is an exfoliating solution that will give your skin an instant glow and leave it feeling silky soft. Plus with consistent use over time you will also see an improvement in the appearance of skin discoloration and overall texture. This is definitely one of those products that has both short-term and long-term benefits. [...] This multi-acid peel is a milky solution that exfoliates, brightens, and smooths the skin without sensitizing the skin barrier."

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"I think Prequel's Multi-Acid Milk Peel is such a popular product because it helps so much with pores. This has 15% glycolic acid plus a blend of additional alpha hydroxy acids. And when we did our clinical studies on this multi-acid milk peel, when people were just using it two times a week for 4 weeks, 100% of the participants had a decrease in the size of their pores. And that study was conducted via photography."