Chemical Peels

What Is A Chemical Peel?

Skin peeling is one of the oldest documented cosmetic procedures in the world dating back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to help people gain smoother, beautiful skin.

Today, the basic process goes into chemical facial peels that have gained wide popularity as they offer practically immediate lasting results and are performed as an outpatient procedure. It can’t entirely eliminate deep furrows and scars but can significantly reduce them while eliminating the finer lines, shallow acne scars and uneven pigmentation. Or, if you just want fresh youthful skin, chemical peels can expose younger looking skin.

How Does It Work?

Chemical peels work by exfoliating the outer skin layers to reveal smoother skin using chemical agents. Based on the properties of your skin and the extent of scarring, your dermatologist should be able to recommend the right chemical peeling formula for you.

• Light chemical peels target fine wrinkles, acne, dry skin and uneven pigmentation using a solution consisting of alphahydroxy acids (AHAs), such as glycolic, lactic, salicylic, or fruit acids. This is best for patients wanting the benefits of a facial peel but without spending the long recovery time from deeper chemical peels.

• Medium Chemical Peels are aimed at treating mild surface winkles, blemishes as well as pigmentation problems using trichloroacetic acid (TCA). It also requires less recovery time than in a deeper peel. TCA peels are often recommended to patients with darker skin.

• Deep chemical peels use phenol acids to treat coarse wrinkles, blotches caused by sun exposure and aging and pre-cancerous growths. Producing the most significant and longest-lasting results, the procedure takes 1-2 hours and requires the longest healing time. Because phenol acids may cause permanent skin lightening, prospective patients with dark complexion may not get good results.

• Acne Chemical Peels treat blemishes caused by acne as well as reducing existing acne scars with a solution of alphahydroxy acids (AHA). A daily skin care regimen can benefit with a lower-strength AHA solution mixed with any mild facial wash.

Candidate For Treatment

In general, patients with fair skin are the best chemical peel candidates. However, patients with darker complexion can achieve good but limited results as well. Patients who don’t smoke get the best results especially when expectations are realistic.

Cost, Result, Any Side Effects?

Chemical facial peels cost differently between doctors and from state to state. The final procedural cost generally depends on the type of peel you want and your skin condition. Light chemical peels cost as low as $150, while deep chemical peels are the most expensive costing as much as $6000. There are additional expenses to consider especially with deep chemical peels. These include the cost of anesthesia, the surgical facility and even a possible hospital stay.

A chemical facial peel restores a youthful look to skin and reduces wrinkles, acne scars, pigmentation and sun-damage blotchy patches. The process rarely carries serious complications. When done by an experienced plastic surgeons or cosmetic dermatologists, they are procedurally safe.

But like any surgical session, especially with deep chemical peels, certain risks do exist, like:

• Stinging

• Reddening

• Welling

• Scarring

• Changes in skin tone

• Infection and cold sores

These can be managed by following doctor’s instructions thoroughly and providing your complete medical history.

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