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Deep Phenol Peel - When Will I See Results?
asked 1 year ago by cndy in Salt Lake CIty Utah
Latest answer by Lawrence Kass, MD
Question viewed 684 times
Tags: deep, results
I had a deep phenol peel 6wks ago done on my face shouldn't I see a decrease in my wrinkles by now?
3 answers to Deep Phenol Peel - When Will I See Results?
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Phenol peel results should be evident but there will be continued improvement
Yes, by six weeks you should be seeing gthe results of the procedure. I definitely agree that you should return to your physician to review the pre and post treatment results. But no resurfacing procedure can take care of ALL wrinkles as some of them are caused by the underlying facial muscles (hence the popularity of Botox which successfully treats these "dynamic" wrinkles). But no matter what don't despair. I think you will continue to see...
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Results From Phenol Peel
At six weeks you should be seeing some improvement in your face. I would suggest talking with your physician and looking at your before pictures if you are concerned. In some cases because of the time that things look really bad, we can forget what we looked like before treatment.
D.J. Verret, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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"Deep Phenol peel" should be causing improvement by 6 weeks.
Although your final results may take as long as several months to be fully seen, at 6 weeks you should be seeing some degree of improvement, and most redness should be gone. You will still have edema (microscopic swelling) within the skin tissues, which tends to emphasize the residual textural irregularities or wrinkles present in your skin. 6 weeks is right about the time these are at their worst, and I tell patients that this is a very common time for the "blue funkies...
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