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Check all your boxes with Glypure®

With a wide range of applications, Glypure® is proven to promote cell turnover for improved skin tone and texture, and to enhance the manageability and softness of hair.

It is the modern, safe, effective and future-proof solution for beauty. And with PureTech Scientific’s unmatched focus on next generation innovations and research, you will always get the best.

Optimized for personal care

Three high-purity products with global availability that meet retailer clean-beauty policies.

Proven product quality

Zero chlorides and zero chlorinated organic impurities. Produced on dedicated equipment, eliminating carryover impurities found in batch processes.

Dedicated service and R&D

PureTech Scientific provides unmatched analytical support and is expanding research to support Glypure® evidence of efficacy and safety.

Sustainable at scale

Proud to lead the charge on producing sustainable Glycolic Acid at scale by evaluating our baseline environmental impact and migrating raw materials to more sustainable sources.

Glypure® Skin Care Applications and Benefits

As the smallest of the Alpha-Hydroxy acid family, Glypure® Glycolic Acid provides the foundation of scientifically proven, multifunctional active ingredients. This helps create healthier and more youthful-looking skin.

How it Works

Skin and Body Care Applications

  • Anti-Aging
  • Anti-Acne
  • Hyperpigmentation Treatment
  • Keratosis Pilaris Treatment
  • Deodorants
  • After-Shave
  • Men’s Skin Care
  • Men’s Body Care

Glypure Skin Benefits

  • Exfoliating: promoting skin cell turnover and a rejuvenated skin surface that is smoother and more youthful looking
  • Brightening: consistent usage helps to fade dark spots and even skin tone
  • Moisturizing: encourages skin cells to increase production of its own hyaluronic acid and collagen

Glypure® Hair Care Applications and Benefits

Glypure glycolic acid penetrates and strengthens the hair keratin from the inside out, improving the hair’s ability to withstand heat damage and increasing softness and manageability.

How it Works

Hair Care Applications

  • Conditioners
  • Shampoos
  • Leave-in Treatments
  • Heat Protectants
  • Hair Strengthening
  • Hair Styling

Hair Care Benefits

  • Strengthening: penetrates the hair shaft, stabilizing the keratin from within for hair that is stronger and more resistant to damage caused by wet and dry combing
  • Softening: Glypure® reduces the elastic modulus, or stiffness, of the hair, for improved manageability and softness
  • Moisturizing: increases the denaturation temperature of keratin, or the temperature at which hair loses its entrained moisture, helping to prevent heat damage to both healthy and chemically treated hair

Skinification of the Scalp with Glypure®

Glypure® moisturizes the scalp and helps reduce flaking by promoting new cell turnover, clearing away dead skin cells and removing product residues.

How it Works

Scalp Care Applications

  • Scalp Serums
  • Scalp Scrubs
  • Scalp & Hair Sprays
  • Shampoos
  • Pre-Shampoo Treatments
  • Cleansers
  • Scalp Oils

Scalp Care Benefits

  • Moisturizing: moisturizes both the hair and scalp
  • Rejuvenating: increases cell turnover within the scalp, providing a healthy environment for hair growth
  • Cleansing: removes buildup and residue, combatting factors that contribute to flaking and dryness

Glypure® as an Ingredient Booster

Glypure® enhances efficacy & efficiency of other ingredients.

How it Works

Glypure® Major Benefits as an Ingredient Booster

  • A penetrating ingredient: Glypure® offers a platform for enhanced active ingredient delivery
  • Formulation stability: Glypure® functions as a stabilizer in formulation; reducing pH, buffering and chelating ions that can destabilize active ingredients
  • Boost efficacy of other ingredients: Glypure® is used in combination with other AHA’s to stabilize formulation pH, improve solubility, and increase speed of action. Combinations with Vitamin C enhance stability, formulation clarity, and delivery of the active to the skin
  • Glypure + BHA for anti-acne treatment: Glypure® enhances depth of penetration and delivery of other acne-fighting ingredients such as salicylic acid; preliminary data also indicates efficacy against certain acne-causing bacteria
  • Reduce the amount of active ingredient: By exfoliating the skin, Glypure® helps active ingredients reach targeted areas of the skin more efficiently, allowing for same or better performance with less active ingredient
  • Antimicrobial: Glypure® has demonstrated antimicrobial activity to help reduce product contamination and spoilage. Glypure® can boost the efficacy of existing preservative systems or be used in combination with other hurdle methods to protect the product on the shelf

Sustainable

The journey to sustainable glycolic acid production is driven by the growing consumer demand for sustainable, nature-identical, active ingredients. PureTech Scientific has taken the first step to validate raw material and power supply baselines as we undergo a shift to hit our near-term targets to source 50% of our raw materials from bio-based or upcycled sources.

Step 1
Replace fossil fuel-based electricity with renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power

Step 2
Replace fossil fuel-derived carbon dioxide with renewable sourced recycled carbon dioxide

Step 3
Replace synthetic precursor with bio-based syngas

Step 4
Install carbon capture in production exhaust gases for utilities generation

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