It sounds like maybe some people tried to get too aggressive too quickly. I've been getting Jessners for about 5 years now but only after having tried other light peels for several years. I've also never had more than 3 layers. My skin always looks great after. It's red for a couple days, brown and peely for another 4 and glowing by day 7.
Maybe your expectations were too high about what the jessner peel would do for you?
I had had the jessner done one time about a year ago, had dark patches, wrinkles, and peely skin for a week and my skin looked fantastic afterwards.
I'm 34 and have enlarged oily pores and occasional ace. My pores look much smaller now and most of the superficial acne scarring I had went away. I even started getting carded again at the bars!
I just got another jessner peel because I had another bout of acne and got new scars. They're gone again now though since I had my second jessner.
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What are you using to wash your face? Don't use anything with glycolic, sulfur, benzoly peroxide. Try Obagi new derm foaming wash.