Houston Chemical Peel doctors
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Michel Siegel, MD
Houston Facial Plastic Surgeon
7700 San Felipe Street Suite 420, Houston |
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Narin (Joe) Apisarnthanarax, MD
Houston Dermatologist
450 Medical Center Blvd. Suite 309, Webster |
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Joseph M. Perlman, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon
6319 Cypresswood Drive, Spring |
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Fred Aguilar III, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon
2414 Sunset Blvd, Houston |
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Raghu Athre, MD
Houston Facial Plastic Surgeon
1015 Medical Center Blvd. Ste. 1500, Webster |
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Recent Answers
I have old scars and acne scars on my face. I'm light-skinned, and I'm looking into getting a chemical peel, but I'm just now sure how effective it will be for me or if there is something else I should try. I've looked into the different types of peels and I've determined that a doctor will have to tell me what level of treatment I should receive. I never had acne as a teenager, but soon as I turned 25 seems like that's when I finally started to get acne. And, nothing seems to work for it.
First off, I would first try to get your acne under control under the care of your local board certified dermatologist. If your acne is not under control, you would simply be chasing after your scars. The photo is unclear , but what most patients consider scars are actually post-inflammatory pigmentation, which is not true acne scarring. Most of this discoloration goes away over time but takes many months. Prescription fading creams may help. Chemical peels can help the pitted and depressed acne scars by reducing the excess layers of skin and making these scars more shallow. This is a more temporary effect and requires continued maintenance with peels. Since your skin is more pigmented you are a little limited as to depth and aggressiveness of the peel. The better treatment for depressed acne scars are the collagen-stimulating lasers like Fraxel which results in more permanent improvement and can be performed on darker types of skin.
I am thinking of combining my rhinoplasty with a chemical peel to maximise my 3 weeks off work. Is it possible to have the chemical peel a couple of days after the rhinoplasty if I avoid my nose and the bandaged area?
It is possible to do both at the same time. If it is a strong peel I would avoid the skin on the nose as it will be healing post rhinoplasty. A light chemical peel should be OK though.
Michel Siegel, MD
Recently, I used an OTC retinol product, RoC 1%, to improve the look of my skin (blotchy). Applied 3x over 1 wk on face. Skin became shiny, like it was scarring/very dry, & very sensitive. Applied under eyes, which became puffy. Almost 2 weeks w/o using product, but under eyes still puffy & now w/fine lines, which I never had. Anything applied under my eyes causes burning. Background: early 30s, no wrinkles, blonde/blue eyes, athletic, use Cetaphil cleanser, face reddens easily-possibly rosacea.
One of the big confusion I see from patients is that they try to fix blotchy spots with Retinol.
Retinol is used for improving on the Collagen, and thus increase skin elasticity.
Hydroquinone, or Kojic acid are two of the products used for treating blotchiness.
Dr Siegel
