What Is It?

• A chemical peel is a procedure in which a chemical solution is applied to the skin to remove the top layers or dermis. The skin that is replenished is smoother and the pores smaller. With a light or medium peel, it may require more than one procedure to get the desired results.
• The ingredients in a chemical peel activate and stimulate the skin.

How It Helps?

There are various types of chemical peels with different results:

• Light chemical peels lightly exfoliate the skin and results in a brighter, fresher appearance of the skin.
• A medium chemical peel goes deeper in the surface of the skin. It has a downtime where the skin is flakey and crusty before the new skin appears.
• A heavy chemical peel penetrates the skin’s surface more and helps with age spots and fine lines.

What is the Result?

• This can help minimize wrinkles, dullness, hyperpigmentation, and scarring. It may also help skin disorders like acne and rosacea. However, a chemical peel can’t treat deep wrinkles and scarring. It also won’t tighten loose skin or reverse sun damage.
• Depending on the strength and the frequency of a chemical peel, it can have long lasting effects. 

Conditions

• Acne
• Rosacea 
• Aging and fine wrinkles
• Rough or pre-cancerous skin
• Age spots