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Day 5 Updates (pictures)
Day 5: My skin is looking and feeling so much better. Not that it was a particularly intense recovery or anything.
There are some parts of my face that still feel rough in the shower and I want more than anything to exfoliate but I think I should wait at least another week, just to be safe!! My nose still has some red splotches but other than that it is no longer scabby or rough. I have still been applying the "healing cream" they gave me.
So, still, again, I do not notice any real difference in my skin. I have been breaking out some more recently, must have either been due to the peel itself or the thick, heavy healing cream they gave me to use. I swear that stuff clogs my pores bad!
I think my next update will be in a week or so, because now the changes are minimal.
There are some parts of my face that still feel rough in the shower and I want more than anything to exfoliate but I think I should wait at least another week, just to be safe!! My nose still has some red splotches but other than that it is no longer scabby or rough. I have still been applying the "healing cream" they gave me.
So, still, again, I do not notice any real difference in my skin. I have been breaking out some more recently, must have either been due to the peel itself or the thick, heavy healing cream they gave me to use. I swear that stuff clogs my pores bad!
I think my next update will be in a week or so, because now the changes are minimal.
Day 3 Updates (pictures)
Day 2: skin felt very tight and dry in the areas where it looked like I got a chemical burn (my nose & around my mouth) and after washing, they began to feel immensely dry and started to flake. Washed my face later that night and all of it came off.
Day 3: skin looking much better, red in the areas where flaking was occuring the prior day, but otherwise looking better. My nose is still kind of scabby as you can see in the day 3 pictures. I have begun to use Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion to help calm the peely areas.
I'm not seeing any improvements whatsoever, but I know that with as much damage as I have, and with as superficial as a peel that I had, I wont see any improvements except for maybe smoother skin. I also know that it will take more than just one measely peel to make a visible improvement. I'm trying to be realistic, just sucks having to take a week off and stay indoors and heal, all for nothing pretty much.
Day 3: skin looking much better, red in the areas where flaking was occuring the prior day, but otherwise looking better. My nose is still kind of scabby as you can see in the day 3 pictures. I have begun to use Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion to help calm the peely areas.
I'm not seeing any improvements whatsoever, but I know that with as much damage as I have, and with as superficial as a peel that I had, I wont see any improvements except for maybe smoother skin. I also know that it will take more than just one measely peel to make a visible improvement. I'm trying to be realistic, just sucks having to take a week off and stay indoors and heal, all for nothing pretty much.
I took Accutane for a little over 5 years total...
I took Accutane for a little over 5 years total and didn't protect my skin well from the sun (you're skin is VERY sensitive while on the medication) and as a result I have a lot of "freckles" from various sun exposures.
I finally got a chemical peel on 09/11/15 in hopes that it wold fade the sun spots and even out my skin tone. I know I will need to continue with more peels but this is the beginning.
I got it done at my dermatologist's medical office in town--he did a 30% glycolic acid peel on me for my first time. It was a good experience, although I am experiencing what appears to be burns or scabbing? Not sure if it's normal?
Will be posting daily pictures until finally healed!
Thanks for reading.
I finally got a chemical peel on 09/11/15 in hopes that it wold fade the sun spots and even out my skin tone. I know I will need to continue with more peels but this is the beginning.
I got it done at my dermatologist's medical office in town--he did a 30% glycolic acid peel on me for my first time. It was a good experience, although I am experiencing what appears to be burns or scabbing? Not sure if it's normal?
Will be posting daily pictures until finally healed!
Thanks for reading.
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