What is the recovery time for a phenol peel?? Is it about a week like a chemical peel???

Following your phenol peel, please follow your plastic surgeon's instructions. Treated areas will develop new skin within about two weeks.  Every person's skin is different but remember that this is a serious peel.  It will cause more downtime then a typical peel so plan your downtime accordingly.  

A true phenol peel using the Baker- Gordon mixture is a controlled second degree burn.  At exactly two weeks, you can put on makeup and go to work.  Over the past thirty years, we have tried laser resurfacing, fractionated  lasers and other acid peels. NOTHING IS AS EFFECTIVE FOR DEEP ETCHED WRINKLES!  It is wise to have a plastic surgeon with extensive burn care experience to perform this procedure.  Meticulous post operative care is essential for the amazing outcomes. A show of hands at the Boston Plastic Surgery Convention last Nov 2015 showed only 25% of those attending were performing this procedure in favor of less effective procedures that can be delegated to nurses and technicians.

Recovery from a Phenol peel is typically 10 to 14 days depending on the specific formulation peel used.
Peels and peri-treatment management must be customized for each patient and their skin type. Post treatment pigmentation changes must be expected.
Most practitioners and patients agree that Phenol peels result in the greatest amount of long lasting tightening and smoothing of wrinkles.
Please consult in person with an experienced Board Certified Plastic Surgeon prior to making treatment decisions.

A
Phenol peel is usually the strongest type of peel offered. It is generally used
on very deep wrinkles and severely aged skin. There is also a risk of
hyperpigmentation with phenol peels. Recovery times with a phenol peel are
usually the longest of any peel, sometimes a week or longer. It is usually used
on the face. The results with a phenol peel are similar to those of CO2 laser
resurfacing.