You are not aging just because your skin is. Chemical peels are practiced at home with DIY kits, and date back to the ancient Egyptians. Both at-home and in-office peels range in severity. Doctors use the Fitzpatrick skin type system to weigh candidates. The system ranks the skin according to sun sensitivity and intrinsic ability to tan, and the dermatologist recommends a treatment based on your reading.
Darker-skinned patients are not the ideal candidates. The ideal light-skinned candidate will have no history of heart disease, will not have taken the pharmaceutical Accutane in the last six months, and will not have a pre-existing skin condition like rosacea or dermatitis.
The most severe kind of peel is the deep peel, which can take as long as three weeks to heal. This is a serious procedure that may require sedation. If you want a deep peel, you should be prepared to dramatically ramp up your sunblock usage in the months ahead.
Deep chemical peels, with their extreme penetration, can radically replace skin damaged in the following ways: deep acne scars, deep wrinkles, intense sun damage, discolorations, and non-keloid scars. The procedure itself uses hydroxy or trichloroacetic acid to burn away layers, and aftercare may include topical treatments for the new layer of skin.
For more, contact our dermatologist in San Fernando Valley.
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