Documented buccal protocols: Buccal strips offer a practical middle ground: bioavailability meaningfully higher than oral capsules, without requiring injection
Some patients may experience mild side effects such as injection-site irritation, headaches, temporary water retention, or changes in appetite
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Thanks to the positive charge, it also creates a complex with AHAs (AHAs like to lose a hydrogen ion and be negatively charged, so the positive and the negative ions attract each other) that causes a "time-release AHA effect" and reduces the irritation associated with AHAs