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Using Chemical Peels As Anti Aging Skin Treatments, Acne treatments & Acne Scars Treatments to improve the look, & health of your skin.

If your looking for anti aging skin tips, solutions for acne that will help get rid of acne for good, or acne scar treatments that will give your skin results with longevity, chemical peels are a fantastic solution!

Here's how they work. Chemical peels are an acid solution that contain a significantly lower pH level than your skin's natural pH. When used on your skin, a chemical peel eats away buildup on your face. Within 3-5 days of using a peel, the acid separates the dead skin from your face and it begins to peel off. This allows new skin to regenerate. The new skin will be smoother and less wrinkled than the old skin and may be more even in color. Acids are used mainly for their anti-wrinkling effect. With their usage the derma returns to have the thickness and sturdiness of that of a child. It stimulates the fibroblast, and therefore the collagen and elasticity that maintain the longevity of young and elastic skin.

Another very popular use of acids is to help control acne and to treat acne scarring. Acids (salicylic is most common for this) will help to keep the dead skin at such a minimum that there is not enough to clog pores, resulting in much clearer skin. There are occasions where the underlying skin is can be pigmented and this may come to the surface after a chemical peel. In most cases repeated peels will remove even the deeper layers of damaged skin.

Keep in mind, using a chemical peel to get rid of acne, treat acne scars or achieve ageless skin requires repeated use; 6-8 treatments are recommended. You should not have a chemical peel if you have excessive exposure to the sun as you will be more prone to sun damage without sufficient sun block.

Realistic Goals for Using Chemical Peels

A chemical peel can be successfully used as an anti aging treatment, to treat acne, repair sun damaged skin and mild acne scarring, reduce wrinkles and improve overall health and look of your skin. A chemical peel is not meant to be a solution to reduce appearance of blood vessels on the skin, change pore diameter even though the pores may actually appear less pronounced after treatment, or as an alternative to a face lift.

Chemical Peels Options go by Skin Type

Glycolic acid is probably the most widely recognized chemical peeling acid. It is a great "general" type of acid. It is water soluble, and works nicely on most skin types to accelerate the turnover of skin cells, remove lesions, restore steadiness, elasticity and can help to improve the "true" moisturizing characteristics of the skin. But, just because it is the most popular, it does not mean it is the best acid for YOUR skin.

There are many effective acids that accomplish different things on your skin.

A blending of acids in a formula for anti aging, or for lightening the skin is most often used because the certain acids work synergistically together to produce the best results.
A consultation is important to learn what changes in your skin you are hoping to see & to decide the best peel series to safely & effective reach your goals.

Preparing for a Chemical Peel

For the best results with any chemical peel, you should first follow a skin care regimen which may include the use of AHAs, Salicylic acid exfoliators, Kojic Acid, Alpha Arbutin, etc. to prepare your skin's surface, and even out the skin tone itself. This preparation is generally for two weeks. If you do not prepare the skin, you will not see the results that come by preparing & exfoliating your skin for your in-office treatment.

Professional Vitamin C Complex is recommended for use prior, daily.

If you have pigmentation you may need to implement the use of a Fading serum as well. This will make the peel more effective and will make your skin less likely you hyper-pigment. * Make sure you have a supply of SPF (100% uva & uvb) to protect your skin before and after the peel. A minimum of 30 spf is required.

The best candidates for chemical peels are the light skin types 1, 2, and 3, which have less chance for such complications as hyper (dark spots) and hypo (light spots) pigmentation and scarring. Although skin types 5 and 6 are not ideal for peels, they can be peeled using such superficial agents as salicylic acid or a low percentage glycolic acid such as 30% or 40%. The ideal peel for darker skinned individuals would be the TCA peel. TCA has proven to be the "safest" acid (regarding to causing hyper/hypo pigmentation) over the other types. Although there are other specific peels that are created for safety in darker skin types, & we will discuss these with you.

The Difference Between Home and Medical Peels

We know that you want to know the real difference between "home peels" (or buffered peels) and "Doctor's office" peels. Well, here it is: PH levels are the biggest factor! The lower the pH level, the deeper and more quickly a peel will penetrate into your skin. The difference does not seem very great, looking at the close proximity of the numbers, but it is important to realize that a pH of 1.0 is actually 10X stronger than a pH of 2.0! Big difference in strength.

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