I usually advise my patients not to pick at their skin following a chemical peel but rather replace that compulsion with frequent application of bland moisturizers (e.g. aveeno, cetaphil, cerave). You otherwise place yourself at increased risk of scarring.
Is it bad to manually peel your skin after a chemical peel?
I got a medium depth chemical peel about two days ago and my face was very dry and had thick patches of brown tough dead skin. The skin began to crack open so I began peeling off my skin, which exposed very pink fresh skin that bleed a little bit. Is this a bad thing??? I don't know if I should have peeled off the brown patches only two days after getting the peel???
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31 Mar 2009
Not such a good thing post chemical peel. Your Skin Care Professional should have given you post instructions telling you not to pick or pull at the skin, doing this could lead to infection, hyperpigmentation , or scarring. We always send our patients home with a kit that has soothing, healing, hydrators. By all means, don't go out into the sun without a physical sun block on that fresh pink skin! Good luck and don't pick!