Cosmelan is amazing and worth it. I have tried so much and just wasted money. Clear and Brilliant, waste. IPL, waste. VBeam, waste. This is my third time doing cosmelan in the last 10 years and I likely didn't have to do it this last time, but I love the glow in my skin after and I get so many compliments that I did it again. I also didn't keep up with the Cosmelan 2. The first 2 times were after pregnancies. The results are amazing. The recovery is no joke. I keep in it on for 10 hours. I am very swollen and red the next day. The following day, less red but still swollen. I look like I went skiing. And today, which the 3 days post, I am peeling like crazy. I also did it on my chest this time which I have never done before and I have yet to peel there. I don't know how this product works on the chest as of yet, but on the face, it is the best. I highly recommend and I will only use the the original formula. Set aside 5 to 7 days of downtime- unless you comfortable going to work with skin peeling off your face
Updated on 8 Jan 2017:
It is 5 days post and yesterday the peeling seemed to stop but today it was peeling a lot. There is no way I could put makeup on at this point. My chest started peeling too. Took a little longer than the face. My face looks amazing already. I can't figure out the chest yet. It is very red and too early to tell.