Facial redness after saliyclic peel.

I had a 20% salicylic peel almost three weeks ago, and my face remains super red. The dr put me on a desonide cream treatment and I've been using it twice daily for 10 days with no changes in the redness. I'm very discouraged and hate the way my skin looks, it looks like I had a horrible sunburn on my face! When could I expect this to go away? And will the sun make it worse or permanent? (I'm going on vacation in Florida and will be in the sun a lot).