Chemical skin peels are a simple and effective way to restore your skin's natural beauty. The prominence of wrinkles and lines on the face are less pronounced after a chemical peel. The outermost part of your skin sometimes has an accumulation of dead skin cells, and a skin peel will remove these, reducing wrinkles and making it appear brighter.
Freckles, age spots, and liver spots are reduced dramatically after a skin peel, this is a time tested process. Your skin will become smooth and supple with the use of chemical peels giving you a younger look. For those who have had minor or major issues with acne, a chemical peel; inflammation will be reduced, and acne will be less prominent.
Chemical peels are a one day process, with options for touch ups, but a product for skin like a cream or lotion will have to be used for a long period of time, with multiple daily usage required. Also the procedures aren't as drastic, invasive and permanent as some plastic surgery techniques. Chemical peels are much more than subtle adjustments to skin moisture levels or promises to strengthen collagen like some over the counter creams offer.
A peel does what it sounds like; new cells are encouraged to grow as the rough layers and dead skin on the surface on your face are removed. New, blemish and wrinkle-free skin will cover up and reduce the look of wrinkles and other kinds of blemishes.
A superficial chemical peel is not painful and therefore no pain relief is needed before, during or after the procedure. It is usually recommended that a course of six peels is given one or two weeks apart, to get the best results from superficial chemical peels. A peel has very minimal risk when it is more superficial. For a few days after a skin peel, the side effects are still noticeable. Although rare, hyperpigmentation has been known to be a side effect, and skin in some cases will appear to have a colour change. If you have a deep peel then it may actually inhibit the skin's pigmenting ability.
To make the skin heal more speedily following the procedure, a patient should clean the skin often and moisturize, this will promote healing and stop infections or rashes. Sunscreen is also another recommendation that physicians will usually give a patient before having a skin peel.By Elen Hanszen.