Amlactin

AmLactin was founded in 1997 and is the #1 dermatologist-recommended moisturizer brand with lactic acid. The brand has been a pharmacy-counter staple for nearly three decades, with its 12% ammonium lactate formula originally based on prescription-strength lactic acid preparations. Now owned by Advantice Health.

10 products reviewed

83/100 Score

Amlactin Alpha-Hydroxy Therapy Moisturizing Body Lotion pump bottle with green and white labeling

Budget Holy Grail

Amlactin body-care

Alpha-Hydroxy Therapy Moisturizing Body Lotion

The unglamorous workhorse of body care — AmLactin's 12% lactic acid formula has been the dermatologist's go-to for rough, bumpy skin for nearly three decades because it simply works. No frills, no fuss, just clinically proven chemical exfoliation at a price that makes daily use painless.

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Daily Moisturizing Lotion

The most no-nonsense body lotion in skincare — eleven ingredients, one proven active, and nearly three decades of dermatologist validation. If you have rough, bumpy, or chronically dry body skin and want the most cost-effective clinical solution available, this is it.

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Maximum Strength Body Pick

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Rapid Relief Restoring Lotion 15% Lactic Acid

AmLactin's maximum-strength formula delivers noticeably faster results than the 12% for severely rough, dry, and KP-affected skin — the ceramide barrier repair system intelligently offsets the increased exfoliation intensity. The go-to for skin that the standard formula can't fully tame.

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Barrier Repair Body Pick

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Rapid Relief Restoring Lotion with Ceramides

The same excellent 15% lactic acid + ceramide formula now marketed as Intensive Healing — if you're searching for the 'Rapid Relief with Ceramides' name, you've found it. Maximum-strength OTC exfoliation paired with genuine barrier repair for the most stubborn dry, rough body skin.

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Barrier Repair Body Pick

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Cerapeutic Restoring Body Lotion

The heavy-duty sibling in the AmLactin family — combining clinical lactic acid exfoliation with a genuine ceramide barrier repair complex for skin that needs both intervention and restoration. Heavier and more targeted than standard AmLactin, but exactly right for severely compromised body skin.

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Drugstore KP and Dry Skin MVP

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Intensive Healing Body Cream

The gold standard for drugstore body exfoliation — 15% lactic acid paired with a triple ceramide complex creates an exfoliate-and-repair cycle that transforms dry, rough, bumpy skin at a price that makes luxury body care look almost comically overpriced.

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Daily Moisturizing Body Lotion 12% Lactic Acid

The unglamorous workhorse of body care: nearly four decades of dermatologist recommendations, a clinically proven 12% lactic acid concentration, and a price tag that makes luxury body lotions look like a confidence scheme. It won't win any beauty awards for aesthetics, but it will fix your KP. That's the trade.

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Foot Repair Foot Cream Therapy

A no-frills foot cream that does exactly one thing exceptionally well — dissolves callused, cracked heel skin with prescription-grade lactic acid at a drugstore price. Not glamorous, not complicated, and not trying to be anything it is not.

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Ultra Hydrating Body Cream

A no-frills, pharmaceutical-grade body cream that takes the fight to extreme dryness with 15% lactic acid and a heavy occlusive seal. It's not glamorous, it's not Instagram-worthy, and it smells faintly of pancakes — but it works, and it has nearly four decades of dermatological credibility to prove it.

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KP Treatment Specialist

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KP Bumps Be Gone Lotion

A no-nonsense, dermatologist-backed KP treatment that delivers on its core promise: smoothing stubborn keratosis pilaris bumps with a potent 15% lactic acid formula. The small tube and premium price sting almost as much as the first application, but for people who've tried every scrub on the shelf, this chemical approach actually works.

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★★★★★

4.2 (100)

$19.99