I prepped & soaked a cotton pad. Then I did 1 pass over my face. I let it sit for 3.5 min. roughly and it never frosted. I woke up the next day and was shocked that my face looked normal. I do feel a VERY small amount of tightening in my forhead where I went first and around my mouth. But no redness. My cheeks looks and feels like normal. I don't think I saturated the cotton pad enough and was too conservative with my pass. Can I do a second pass the day after or do I need to wait a couple weeks.
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CROSS or preferably paint is my choice in the context of your scars. Diluted TCA due the broader base, together with conservative Co2 to the walls of the scars. 3-4 sessions followed by ablative laser and lastly picosecond lasers will improve things by 80-95%. Time line of 8 months with your...
Chemical peels are the mainstay of our Rapid Exfoliation Protocol.
Used with skin brightening creams, they can improve skin quality. If the
chemical peel is used alone, PIH may develop; prompting us to begin
depigmentation protocols.
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To formalise some terms- yes, this will result in PIH however at day TWO post peel, the enzymatic effect of TCA peel will result in some pigmentation. PIH as the name suggest is post inflammatory. In this case, inflammation is present histologically but not in the time frame to call this PIH. T...