Even devoted skin care fanatics can forget that chemical exfoliants, retinols, and other time-tested ingredients commonly found in facial skin care products can also be used in body care formulas to great effect. The Medix 5.5 body wash is formulated not only to cleanse and refresh but to refine texture, brighten dullness, smooth, and soften skin as well. Best of all, you can get a travel size for $7 and a full-size bottle (that reviewers say goes a long way) for just under $20.
Key Ingredients and Benefits
The main ingredients include glycolic, lactic, and salicylic acids. Glycolic acid can help exfoliate rough, bumpy skin, making it ideal for those with keratosis pilaris, also known as strawberry skin, and can also help address acne and uneven skin tone. Lactic acid is as gentle as it is effective, and even those with sensitive skin can enjoy its many benefits. It can help smooth dry or flaky skin, leaving it hydrated and refreshed. The inclusion of salicylic acid makes it a great option for people with body acne, according to previous HuffPost reporting — it deeply refines and clears out pores, healing and preventing breakouts.
This unique formula makes it ideal for a range of issues. These exfoliating ingredients may also be a useful tool in the fight against body odor since they kill the bacteria that can help create it, according to experts that HuffPost has previously interviewed.
Easy Addition to Your Routine
The Medix 5.5 body wash is an easy addition to a shower routine, since you don't have to introduce extra steps into your regimen that could feel laborious or time-consuming. It's a low-maintenance way to incorporate a body care product into your everyday hygiene habits that can quickly deliver pleasing results. There's nothing we love more than when one single skin care product does a whole lot of heavy lifting and can help us eliminate other steps in our routines. Take a look at what other shoppers have to say about this multifunctional body wash and pick one up for yourself. The travel-size option is perfect for impending summer getaways, just in time for the sweaty season.
What Reviewers Are Saying
- Customer 1: Literally can't be away from this stuff. It replaced my body wash that I have been religiously using for years. This stuff clears breakouts, keeps my KP under control, and makes me feel clean and soft. I love that I can use it every day and it doesn't dry me out, just makes my skin so nice. No more body breakouts!
- Customer 2: I've repurchased this product a few times now, it's now on my list of things that aren't allowed to run out in my house. It's a good size bottle because a little goes a decent way. It does smell very minty and there's a definite tingle-type feeling when you wash with it. Not sure how it would do with sensitive skin but for acne-prone skin it's incredible, I mostly use it for body acne. It makes your skin so soft!
- Customer 3: This body wash is my holy grail. It is perfect for my KP skin and it moisturizes my skin. I like the fact that it has a menthol-like feeling on the skin. The smell is not bad, it is gentle on the skin, and the packaging is good too. The quality is good and the size is not bad. I am sticking to this body wash till I find a better one if there is ever going to be a better one. I love it!
- Customer 4: Surprisingly effective and loving it. I didn't expect much from this body wash, but it worked from the very first use. My skin feels so glowy and smooth now. I'm happy to have found a body wash with glycolic acid that really benefits my skin. I will definitely buy it again and again.
- Customer 5 (Alya): I use this regularly in the shower, and it really helps smooth skin texture thanks to the glycolic and lactic acids. It gently exfoliates without irritation, leaving my skin soft and more even. The scent is light and clean, the quality feels high-end, and the 15 fl oz size lasts a long time. A great body wash if you want skincare benefits beyond basic cleansing.
Additional Products for Body Odor
If you're concerned about nonenal odor, AKA old person smell, take a look at these deodorizing soaps from previous HuffPost coverage.
1. Mirai Japanese Persimmon Soap
The original bar of Japanese persimmon soap to get rid of old person smell. The soap contains persimmon extract with more deodorizing tannins than competitors, as well as green tea extract, which is rich in antioxidants (declining skin antioxidants is one of the causes of old person smell). Reviewers claim that the soap's odor elimination lasts for days, and you can use the bar on areas where nonenal odors are strongest, like the back of the neck and behind the ears. Available in unscented or lavender scent. A four-pack of the unscented version is available for $60.
2. Mirai Deodorizing Body Wipes
Another option convenient for travel is these deodorizing body wipes. They are unscented and hydrating, using persimmon tannin extract to neutralize odors. Your purchase comes with three packs of 50 wipes, so you can store them in various places. One reviewer noted: When I'm too lazy to take a bath, I use these wipes. They work very well. I like that they're unscented. They're a good size - I just use one because I'm usually just using them for the 'pits and bits', not for really dirty skin. I'm very pleased with them. They're a nice fresher-upper.
3. Mirai Deodorizing Body Wash
If you prefer liquid to bar soap, this concentrated body wash uses persimmon extract. A little goes a long way. One reviewer said: Gentle, pleasant smell, non-irritating to my man's sensitive hide, and IT WORKS! Poor guy has excellent hygiene, but nothing else has reduced that natural odor that has persisted even in his clothing through hot laundry cycles. This product is worth every penny to me, and I wish I'd found it sooner!
