Will medium depth Blue peel tighten my skin?

I'm interested in a Obagi Blue peel to erase fine upper lip wrinkles and tighten my skin, but the MD's seem to have conflicting views on the effectiveness of medium depth peels on wrinkles.

Would a medium depth peel (blue peel) get rid of targeted wrinkles and tighten my skin a bit?

3 answers to “Will medium depth Blue peel tighten...”

A: Skin Tightening with Blue Peel

John Whitt, MD
By John Whitt, MD - Louisville Plastic Surgeon

A blue peel will usually improve wrinkles and tighten skin a bit, depending upon the concentration of TCA used.  In fact, any acid peel or laser resurfacing procedure has the potential for these benefits.  The benefits are usually proportional to the depth of injury and the period of down-time... more

A: Blue Peel will lighten your skin, as will any significant peel

Reginald Rice, MD
By Reginald Rice, MD - Sacramento Facial Plastic Surgeon

All chemical peels (and laser peels for that matter) will lighten a patients skin. Realize that dyschromia (pigmentation problems) is one of the most common results of sun damage. Your skin makes pigment (melanin) to help protect it from UV rays. Over time, some abnormalities in pigment production occur and... more

A: Blue Peel and skin tightening

Marcel F. Daniels, MD
By Marcel F. Daniels, MD - Long Beach Plastic Surgeon

I have been getting Blue Peels on myself and performing them on patient's for over ten years and it does some very nice things for the texture and quality of the skin but  it doesn't go deep enough to have much effect on skin tightness and wrinkles. For those things you should look into fractionated CO2... more

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