Chemical Peel - How Many Layers of Skin Are Removed?

Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...

Our office has many different treatments for scars depending on the depth of atrophy or hypertrophy. Scars require a combination approach using our HI DEF protocol which uses a combination of lasers, topical scar modulation, and RF treatments to pixelate scars, improve contour, reduce...

Sun damage is not strictly isolated to facial skin. As a consequence, freckles and sun spots can occur commonly on the arms, legs, and hands. Chemical peels are effective in the treatment of solar damage on the face and body. However, peels are not the first treatment option for these areas. ...

Peels can cause cold sore outbreaks. It is important to not get a chemical peel while you have an active cold sore outbreak, as this will cause the virus to spread. It also depends on how often you get cold sores. If you’ve had a minimal number of breakouts in your life then you not get one b...

Chemical peels do very well for the neck and chest areas . You have to do a few or multiple ones though. I like the 14% Jessners solution + 15-20% TCA peels for the neck and the 14% Jessners solution + 25-30% TCA peels for the chest. Depending on the amount of sun damage etc..., a patient...

For my patients, I refer to salicylic acid peels as "Beta Washes" to distinguish them from "Fruit Washes" or alpha hydroxyacid peels (so named because at one time the latter were derived from natural products, like fruits). Both kinds are superficial peels since they do not...