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Depending on what type of peel was performed, make can be applied a day after your treatment. With a light to medium peel, make up can be applied the next day. Deep chemical peels will have more downtime and the skin should be protected with Polysporin or other post peel ointment. With these peels no make up should be applied until the skin has calmed down and started healing. This is to avoid causing an infection to the treated area.
Any peels or microdermabrasion done over active acne can cause indented scars,This is because the peels remove the skin over the acne, I suggest you not continue to have peels to treat your acne.
I would suggest shaving a day or two prior to having a chemical peel. If you shave just a few hours prior to a peel, the skin may be too raw and become excessively irritated. If you do not shave have still have whiskers when you have the peel, the treatment may not be as effective in...
An exopeel is basically a variant phenol/croton oil peel. As such, it has a substantially higher risk of scaring than a 30% TCA peel which is marginally a medium depth (more like an aggressive superficial peel. WIthout meeting you, I would be concerned that the deeper peel is...