How Long Until Redness Goes Away After a Chemical Peel?

There are many different kinds of chemicals peels ranging from very mild or superficial to very deep. Naturally, the deep peel will have a longer recovery period and the superficial peel will have a shorter recovery period. For instance, a Glycolic peel will be red for 24 hours or so, while a TCA peel may be red for a week or more.

Thank you for your question! There are many different kinds of chemicals peels ranging from very mild or superficial to very deep. The light peels don't cause redness hardly at all and usually need to done several times while the medium concentration peels will cause 1-2 weeks of redness and the heavy peels can cause a month of redness. The good thing is that the redness can be resolved in about a week with almost any peel if a prescription cortisone lotion such as desowen lotion or stronger if needed is applied often and maybe aloe vera as well as a sunscreen. Best of luck!