Collection: Acne Defense

For skin that looks uneven rather than dry: the marks left behind after a breakout, sun spots, texture that catches the light wrong.

Three ingredients do most of the work here. Glycolic acid, the smallest AHA, loosens the dull surface layer. Kojic acid works on the look of dark spots and uneven tone, and it's the ingredient with the most evidence behind it that you can buy without a prescription. Retinol, encapsulated, handles texture overnight.

What we'd say honestly about this category: there is no fast version. Pigment took months to appear and it takes months to fade, and the single biggest thing you can do to speed it up isn't a product at all, it's sunscreen, every morning, without exception. Working on uneven tone without daily SPF is emptying a bath with the tap running.

Made in the USA in small batches, and formulated by a board-certified plastic surgeon who spent a lot of consultations being asked what to use at home.