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Any of various fruit acids that are capable of trapping moisture in the skin and initiating the formation of collagen.

alpha-hydroxy acid

(Chemistry) a type of organic acid, commonly used in skin-care preparations, that has a hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom next to the carbon atom carrying the carboxyl group

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