Chemical Peels
Chemical peel implies a controlled effect on the skin with the help of chemical agents to correct aesthetic imperfections of the skin.
Chemical peels are performed for the following medical reasons:
- photo-aging, chrono-aging, wrinkles;
- acne and postacne;
- hyperpigmentation;
- reduced skin tone and turgor;
- follicular keratosis, atrophic scars, striae;
- improvement of skin texture and color.
Chemical peels involve applying chemical agents to the skin surface in order to:
• cause intensive renewal of the upper skin layer;
• cleanse the orifice of sebaceous glands from scales of dead skin covering them;
• eliminate superficial pigmentation and lighten facial skin;
• normalize the acid-base balance of the skin;
• decrease the number of pathogenic bacteria through the acidic environment normal for the skin;
• reduce sebum production by sebacious glands;
• eliminate hyperkeratosis and smoothen the skin surface;
• efface scars;
• scarifice the epidermal surface layer to facilitate mechanical cleaning and improve the penetration of active cosmetic ingredients into the skin deep layers.
Superficial chemical peels:
- Lactic
- Jessner
- Ferulic
- Retinol (yellow)
- Azelaic
- mandelic
- Pyruvic
- Glycolic
Medial peel - TCA (trichloroacetic)
Chemical peels carried out in the medical clinic have a high concentration of active ingredient. For example, a peel with the same name "glycolic" may have different concentrations - from 10% of glycolic acid to 40-70% of glycolic acid (in a clinic), therefore the result will be different. At home, chemical peels of high concentration are not performed, because the treatment requires the supervision of a qualified cosmetologist.
CONTRAINDICATIONS MAY OCCUR, AN EXPERT ADVICE IS REQUIRED
