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Chemical Peel - Belgium

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I had a croton oil/phenol peeling. It was horrible...

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I had a croton oil/phenol peeling.
It was horrible , the pain and burning are severe.
Now I still have problems with my forehead. It's red and painful.
I also have red and rough spots on my cheeks. Has anybody had the same and will the rough spots disappear later?
Thanks for any comment.

I have found that washing your face with water and a little vinegar is helpful, also putting a wet towel on your face helps.

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Replies (17)

June 16, 2014
Thank you for sharing your review.  Have you noticed any improvements since?
June 16, 2014
No, no improvements yet. I was hoping to hear if this is normal or not. Can any doctor give an advice? Thanks for caring.
June 18, 2014
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June 18, 2014
I was given a light cortisone ointment and aquaphore on Tuesday. I hope that it will clear my face but it's too soon to know. I will look at the Q& A. Thanks.
June 19, 2014
Let me know how that goes..
June 23, 2014
6 days after using the cortison ointment. I still have phases of heavy burning. I used a cream that is supposed to bring oxygen in to your skin, named chiroxy from Auriga , that soothes a lot. As well as a nourishing cream from Widmer. This was not adviced by my Doctor but are creams that I used normally. My forehead is still tender but is healing on the surface but I can feel that underneath it's not.
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June 20, 2015
I've had a horrible experience with Dr. Tonnard. I did lipofilling, upper-eyelid surgery and peeling over a year ago.

I was left with 5 scars on my face. I've already done 3 laser treatments here in Asia and they are not fully removed. The 'little bit of redness' as he described it were still not gone a year later. As a man I can't apply make up so the last year has been a nightmare and I lost most of my media work and missed out on social life because of it. In fact, 'any' results I had of my whole treatment with him was gone before the redness started to subside.

Even for the redness I had to take two laser treatments here too as my skin was overly pigmentated and the cream he gave me was not to be used and illegal in Thailand as it has an adverse effect on the skin in a warm climate.

I even had the surgery performed on my eyes and they didn't remind me to remove my contact lenses!

His bedside manners are horrible. He came off as looking down on his clients (I told him so in person, after which it got a bit better).

His emails are just full of excuses and try to show that everything went exactly as planned. I got an email from him a few weeks ago, after I emailed him I'd plan to review him online, in which he finally asked me to send me the most recent pictures. I've never heard from him again.

I had nose surgery done by him 13 years ago when he just started and was happy, that's why I chose him. Now it has become a money-grabbing surgery-factory that couldn't care less about their customers.

I'm sorry. This may not be what you want to hear but I hope others read this before ever considering even meeting him. I wish someone had warned me.

Make sure to keep pressing him. Document as much as possible, take pictures, even voice record and also get a second opinion after some more months.

Hope you recover well. Please let us know how it goes.
Chris
June 20, 2015

I don't know if you got my reply or not. But I would like to bring him to justice through the medical board in Belgium. Would you agree to join me in the complaint? 
If not only to avoid people having this experience. I've got a written letter of my dermatologist to prove. His malpractice. I suffered a lot and have redness and white spots on my skin to proof deep burns.

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June 23, 2015
I just logged in. I may be interested. I'm actually setting up a website about it with my full story soon. I'll read your message in a bit and let's exchange emails.
August 2, 2015
Having suffered a lot too because of Tonnard's malpractice, I am also trying to get justice and prevent others from having such an awful, traumatic experience but his accomplice Verpaele, told me I wouldn't be able to do anything withthe Belgian system. However, I won't give up because it is such a scandal. I also plan to contact all his sponsors and all of these associations which he belongs to. They can't all be hypocrites?
August 2, 2015
August 2, 2015
Thank you Chris for sharing your awful experience like mine in many ways. It was 2 years ago that I made the very unfortunate decision to go to Tonnard based on the opinions from doctors on this forum who had attended lectures which he gave. My advice is to listen to the clients who have suffered greatly and all share the same experience i.e. he demands a huge fee upfront claiming to be better than the others and once he has your money he doesn't care what damage he does. He's completely incompetent and arrogant and I just don't understand how he has been allowed to continue for so long§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§. It is an absolute farce. He has been giving lectures to other doctors at international conferences for years now but doesn't have any time for all the patients he has robbed and left disfigured. I plan to contact the organisers of these conferences plus the sponsors of the CATBBAS meetings which he and his accomplice organise. They can't all be crooks?
July 15, 2018
I had consultation in this clinic (tonnard & verpaele) few years ago, very arrogant approach, expensive costs. There are many similar stories on internet stating the same, as the contributions above, I personally will never ever go back there in my life although it' s in my beloved Gent. People like them don't deserve having any clients/patients!
August 22, 2015
I had mine in May and it is August and I look like I have stucco for skin,,,does anyone have that? Along with raised bumps on my forehead.
August 26, 2015
I had a Hetter peel done around my eye in Feb and I still have rough, red skin. The derm that did my peel just kept saying everything will be ok, just give it time. 7 months later, I went to a plastic surgeon who does these peels and he said I need to use a steroid. The peel has pulled the skin under my eye down and now I have dry eyes and it looks odd. Hopefully, using the steroid short term will help it.
UPDATED FROM Sunlion
1 month post

Posted my update as comment no. 6

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Look at comment no.6

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February 23, 2015
I was wondering if you were able to find a solution to the rough spots on your cheeks. I have a Hetter peel done around my eyes a little over 3 weeks ago and I have bumpy, rough areas around the whole area and it is not getting better. If anyone has any advice, please help! I think the doctor didn't have me wash my face enough with vinegar. He told me to just put on Vaseline for the first 4 days and then he told me to start with vinegar one time a day. I just started using olive oil on my face a couple of days ago.
February 24, 2015
You are only 3 weeks out. Hetter is based by phenol, what is the deepest chemical peel. Your skin is still in healing and peeling. It will take months to normalize. Dont use olive oil an fresh skin! Use a good moisturizer with healing properitys for sensitive skin. I am also 4 weeks out of phenol and my face looks like you describe your areas.
August 4, 2015
I had this same peel almost 4 years ago. Yes, it was very painful in the beginning......my face was very red for a very long time but I was able to cover it up with make up. Also, if I got hot or drank wine it made my face get really red. It also felt very tight and rough in spots. I had a hard time opening my mouth all the way. My Dr. explained to me from the beginning that it was going to be like that to make sure I still wanted to go through with it. I did, I was 65 at the time and had wrinkles around mouth, forehead and on my face. I saw improvements along the way but, after about a year, the redness faded and my face looked wonderful. Be patient, your face is like a newborn baby face, it will be adapting and changing until your finally healed. Good look to you....it's going to be wonderful.
January 19, 2021
Your messages date back several years. But if you are reading this:
has your skin recovered in the meantime?
did you received compensation from your doctor?
Thanks for sharing.
UPDATED FROM Sunlion
1 month post

Still not sure.

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I can't tell if it will be worth while. I'm still waiting to heal. Unfortunately this is not predictable but as soon as I know myself I'll post it. In my opinion it never will be worth the pain and anguish I went through. It's certainly not appropriate for sensitive skin like mine.

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February 5, 2015
Hey how you doing? Is the redness gone?
June 20, 2015
No see my update. Thanks for caring.
August 4, 2015
Had mine done 4 years ago, it takes a long time to completely heal....at least a year