“Peeling skin after salicylic acid peel”
Chemical peel: Undecided
Cost: $100
Pain: Mild
Review of Chemical peel:Pain: Mild
Chemical peel satisfaction: Good
It feels like your face is on fire. but the acid is only left on for 15 minutes-ish. So its not too hard to deal with. But it leaves your skin dry, flakey, red and it takes a few days to recover.
Oct 17, 2009Comments and replies (1)
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23 Oct 2009
I am a licensed esthetician, and very experienced with chemical peels. After receiving a chemical peel, as I'm sure your esthetician explained, peeling skin is expected. However, don't peel it off prematurely. This could inflict scarring or permanent pigmentation loss. Keep applying a heavy moisturizer frequently and this should reduce appearance of the peeling skin, and reduce the urge to prematurely peel it off. Your skin will naturally shed off the dead skin cells on its own in a few days. Hope this helps!