Exfoliate Your Way to a New Smile with Glycolic Acid

George Woodbury Jr. MD
May 11
3 min read

by Memphis Dermatologist Dr. George Woodbury Jr. 05/11/2025

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion contains Glycolic Acid making it an exfoliating moisturizer — Couple enjoying clear skin with the help of Glycolic Acid

The Dermatologists at Big River Silk Skincare are excited to announce GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion and GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion for 2025, with Refined Shea Butter married with Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) Glycolic Acid, for your great smile for Summer of 2025.

Cordova Dermatologist Dr. George Woodbury explains the importance of Glycolic Acid and Shea Butter in GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion — Memphis Dermatologist Dr. George Woodbury with GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion with Glycolic Acid

As a Memphis Dermatologist since 1993, I have spent a fair amount of my career helping patients deal with prior sun damage and patients who want a more youthful look. Dermatologists like myself have effectively used exfoliating moisturizer containing Glycolic Acid to smooth the appearance of fine lines in the skin, helping people with what’s called photodamage, from the Sun or from tanning salon bulbs. Glycolic Acid, originally discovered in sugarcane and pineapple, improves what’s called the Cell Cycle of the Epidermis of the skin.

Memphis Dermatologist Dr. George Woodbury with Big River Silk Skincare staff at the Southern Womens Show

So starting in 2016 I started designing exfoliating moisturizer products containing Glycolic Acid. Now, a company of which I am President, Big River Silk Skincare Inc., manufactures and distributes GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion and GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion: fragrance-free Exfoliating Moisturizer. These products are parabens-free moisturizer, sulfate-free moisturizer, and formaldehyde-free moisturizer.

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion is an Exfoliating Moisturizer because of its Glycolic Acid which acts on the Epidermis of the Skin

Big River Silk Skincare’s GlycoShea Lotions also include the skin-moisturizing properties of Refined Shea Butter, a natural product from an African tree, to complement the skin-smoothing antiwrinkle cream effect of Glycolic Acid. At Big River Silk Skincare, we blend these components into what’s called an emulsion, using some of the purest natural water in the United States, from the Memphis Sands.

AmberSoy Soap Gel is available as an acne cleanser in no fragrance added, mint, and lemon flavors — AmberSoy Soap Gel is a soft glycerine cleanser well adapted to people with oily skin or combination skin with complexion issues

The GlycoShea Lotions work well with use of Big River Silk Skincare’s AmberSoy Soap Gel as a skin cleanser. For instance, AmberSoy Soap Gel can be used as a deep cleanser in the morning, then GlycoShea Lotion can then be applied afterwards as an Exfoliating Moisturizer. Big River Silk Skincare also manufactures GlycoShea Facial&Neck Cream and GlycoShea Facial&Neck Oil as alternate versions of this Exfoliating Moisturizer product for people with drier skin.

Couple with acne-free skin — Coupld with winning smiles that can be promoted with Glycolic Acid

Ambersoy is a particularly effective cleanser because it can be used as a face or body mask, perhaps 5-10 minutes before rinsing it off. It’s most suitable for people with oily skin or combination skin, for a particularly deep clean. Best of all, Big River’s AmberSoy has no propylene glycol, no sulfates, no dyes, nor parabens. Available in No Fragrance Added. 1 oz: $14.95/2 oz: $22.95/8 oz: $74.95.

couple applying Alpha Hydroxy Acid to refresh their skin with Exfoliating Moisturizer — Couple applying Glycolic Acid Shea Butter Exfoliating Moisturizer

If you suffer from complexion issues like Acne or Keratosis Pilaris, consider getting a check-up with a Board-certified Dermatologist. Prescription treatments often include Retin A Cream or Gel (Tretinoin) or Azelex Gel. Sometimes oral antibiotics or even Accutane (isotretinoin) prove helpful. My own Board-certified Memphis Dermatology practice has been with Rheumatology and Dermatology Associates since 1983, at 8143 Walnut Grove Road, Cordova TN 38018 (1-901-753-0168). Or you can find a “Best Dermatologist Near Me” or “Best Dermatologists Near Me” by going to the American Academy of Dermatology website, AAD.org, then plugging your zip code into the “Find a Dermatologist” tab.

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion is fragrance-free moisturizer and formaldehyde-free moisturizer — GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion contains Glycolic Acid and Refined Shea Butter making it into an Exfoliating Moisturizer

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion/Standard Strength: 1 oz: $45.95/2 oz; $68.95;8 oz; $229.95

GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion/Standard Strength: 1 oz: $22.95/2 oz: $34.95/8 oz: $114.95.

GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion contains Glycolic Acid which acts on the Epidermis to speed up the Cell Cycle — GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion is an organic moisturiezr with Glycolic Acid

For quicker results, with a higher concentration of Glycolic Acid, Big River Silk Skincare also offers:

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion/High Strength: 1 oz: $55.95/2 oz; $83.95;8 oz; $279.95

GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion/High Strength: 1 oz: $34.95/2 oz: $52.95/8 oz: $174.95.

GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion/High Strength has a higher strength of Glycolic Acid to make it into Exfoliating Moisturizer — GlycoShea Facial&Neck Lotion/High Strength tends to give quicker anti-wrinkle cream effects

GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion/High Strength has Refined Shea Butter — GlycoShea Hand&Body Lotion/High Strength has a higher level of Glycolic Acid leading to quicker results as an Exfoliating Moisturizer

All of Big River Silk Skincare’s products are available for pick-up on site at our company headquarters, at 8143 Walnut Grove Road, Cordova TN 38018: Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, or they can ordered by calling 1-901-753-0168, or ordered at www.Bigriversilkskincare.com. Free USPS shipping for orders over $75.00, otherwise $7.50 shipping and handling).

Thanks for your interest.