Chemical peels
Everyone wants to have glowing, healthy skin. It can make you feel more self-assured, upbeat, polished, and ready to face the day. Chemical peels makes achieving a bright and young skin more accessible and cheap than you think. Chemical peels induce exfoliation and eventual peeling of the skin, when this happens, the new skin that grows afterwards is usually smoother, tighter, and all the more brighter. The new skin, however, is initially more sensitive to the sun and its UV radiation. Chemical peels may be used for treatment of wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and skin scarring. Chemical peels may be used alone however mostly they are used as the part of a treatment regimen. They are mostly paired with laser treatment mesotherapy and PRP treatment.
A chemical peel is composed of an exfoliating acid solution. This exfoliating agent removes the layer of dead skin cells. Different types of chemical peels achieve different depths of peeling or removing dead skin cells. Therefore these chemical peels are categorized as follows.
Light (Superfacial) Chemical Peel:
A light peel removes the outermost layer of the skin (epidermis). Thus, its used to treat the more superficial issues of the skin such as fine lines, mild acne, dryness and uneven skin tone. However this type of peel needs to be repeated multiple times to achieve desired results. The peel can be repeated after a minimum of 2 weeks. Glycolic, salicylic, lactic, malic, and kojic acids, as well as a mixture of these acids, are commonly used in this form of skin peel. Soon after treatment, you may notice some redness and possibly minor peeling. A medical-grade light peel normally takes one to seven days to recover, but you should be able to apply makeup the next day.
Medium Chemical Peel:
Medium chemical peel targets the epidermis and the superficial part of the dermis (upper part of your middle layer of skin). These are composed of relatively high concentrations of glycolic, lactic, salicylic, or trichloroacetic acid (TCA). This treatment also leaves you with some erythema and peeling afterwards. However it takes almost a fortnight to recover and heal from these aftereffects. It is used to treat wrinkles, age spots, mild acne scars and hyperpigmentation as well as some pre-cancerous conditions such as actinic keratosis. This treatment needs to be repeated to achieve and maintain the desired results.
Deep Chemical Peels:
The most powerful chemical peels are deep chemical peels. Deep peels exfoliate the superficial(epidermis) and the middle(dermis) layer of the skin Glycolic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and phenol are the most commonly used acids for deep chemical peeling. They are used for deeper acne scars, wrinkles, melasmas and precancerous growths. After a deep chemical peel, treated regions will generate new skin in approximately two weeks, however redness may remain for months. Owing to the deeper reach, the effects and more dramatic and long lasting. However, this procedure can be done only once.
TCA Peels:
TCA is a medical grade medium peel that is becoming fairly popular among the people who are interested in treating signs of aging and for achieving a bright and youthful skin. As it is a skin resurfacing treatment it can serve as a perfect winter treatment for dry and dulled skin.
The treatment procedure with TCA peel will generally take around 30 minutes to complete. While the dermatologist administers the TCA solution to your skin, you will be asked to lie down. The acid exfoliates and clears away the top layers of your skin, causing a burning feeling during the first few minutes of the treatment, followed by a stinging sensation and slight discomfort. The treatment is completed in one sitting. To get the best effects from a TCA peel, you'll need to prepare your skin with particular items first but it varies according to individual needs.
