Chemical Peel
Procedure:
Restores wrinkled, blemished, unevenly pigmented, or sun-damaged facial skin, using a chemical solution to peel away the skin's top layers. This procedure works best on fair, thin skin with superficial wrinkles.
Length:
The procedure takes approximately one hour for regional areas and two hours for the full face.
Anesthesia:
Topical anesthetic or sedation combined with local anesthesia are used. When sedation is given frequently, EKG monitoring is used.
Inpatient/Outpatient:
Usually this is an outpatient procedure. Full-face Phenol Peel may require hospital admission for a short period of time.
Possible Side Effects:
Both Phenol and TCA can cause temporary throbbing, tingling, swelling, redness and acute sensitivity to sun.
Phenol: may cause permanent lightening of treated skin and permanent loss of the ability to tan.
Risks:
Phenol and TCA: Tiny whiteheads (temporary), infection, scarring, flare-up of skin allergies and cold sores, excessive temporary skin pigmentation.
Phenol: Abnormal color changes (which may be permanent) and heart irregularities (these are extremely rare and occur during the procedure).
Recovery:
Phenol: Formation of new skin takes seven to twenty-one days. The patient may resume normal activities: two to four weeks. Full healing and fading of redness may take three to six months. TCA: New skin forms within five to ten days. The redness will fade over several weeks
Results:
Phenol: Permanent, although new wrinkles may form as skin ages.
TCA: Results vary and the effect is temporary.
Mittwoch, 1. Oktober 2008
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A chemical peel is a technique designed to remove the dead skin cells from the skin's surface layer and re-stimulate the regenerative process.
During a chemical peel treatment, a variety of chemicals are applied to the skin. The chemicals are derived from fruit, vinegar and sugar cane. High doses of vitamins can also be added during the treatment.
Chemical Peels removes excessive buildup of dead skin cells, smoothes and tighten the skin, lightens brown spots, diminish puffiness and circles around the eyes and treats sun damaged skin.
Anti Aging Treatments
Hi Dude,
Nice blog! A chemical peel is a medication utilized, which is used to reduce the look of fine lines, facial lines, acne scars, as well as the sun-damage or age spots. Thanks...
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Skin Whitening
Excellent post.A chemical peels is the best treatment to remove dark blotches, eliminate facial wrinkles and lines as well as create a rejuvenated skin appearance.
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