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Jessner's Peel

• What are the ingredients and their concentrations in the chemical cosmetic solution Jessner's Peel?

• Answer:

  Hello. The ingredients of Jessner's Peel are resorcinol, salicylic acid, lactic acid, and ethanol. The concentrations are described as follows: "Rx - JESSNER'S SOLUTION Salicylic acid 14 g Resorcinol 14 g Lactic acid 88% 14 mL Alcohol, anhydrous 12 mL Alcohol USP qs 100 mL" source: Secundum Artem: BASICS OF COMPOUNDING FOR ACNE, cached by Google http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:K7rW4bNSdG0C:www.paddocklabs.com/publications/secundum/SecArt11-1.pdf+jessner+%22lactic+acid%22+salicylic++ethanol+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet Or in PDF format: http://www.paddocklabs.com/publications/secundum/SecArt11-1.pdf Additional sources: "He advocates a very light peel with resorcin or Jessner's solution (resorcinol, 14 g; salicylic acid, 14 g; lactic acid, 14 mL; and ethanol, 100 mL)." Source: "Chapter 32: Chemical Peel," cached by Google http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:4gYLV1lc6rUC:famona.tripod.com/ent/cummings/cumm032.pdf+jessner+%22lactic+acid%22+salicylic++ethanol+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet "Jessner’s solution is composed of 14 g of resorcinol, 14 g of salicylic acid, and 14 ml of 85% lactic acid mixed in enough 95% ethanol to bring the quantity to 100 cc. This formulation was concocted to minimize the toxicities of each individual agent." Source: University of Texas Medical Branch: Chemical Peeling http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/Grnds/ChemPeel-001115/ChemPeel-001115.htm search strategy: "jessner's peel is" jessner "lactic acid" salicylic ethanol I hope this helps.