I recently did a TCA chemical peel at home and had no frosting. Is this bad?

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(Added to part above(was to long I guess)) Is this bad? Any suggestions for next time? 25% at home tca chemical peel. Using cotton ball. Cleansed face first. Felt the product working (heat, tingling, burning etc) With patch test- no bad reaction. I am half white and half vietnamese, but on the lighter skin tone side. Using for acne scarring; mostly ice pick scarring.

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

you should NOT be doing at home TCA pees. mask peels like cosmelan and enlighten are more safe and give huge improvements.

at home peels like cosmelan, enlighten and aerify along with dermarolling (MTS roller with anteage MD ampules weekly from emeragecosmetics.com see eye rolling package for weekly treatment) should be started now to prevent further aging. visit emeragecosmetics.com where we ship medical grade skincare all over the world AND do free virtual skincare consults daily. Proceeds benefit BLM and LGBTQ+ charities/organizations.

For facial rejuvenation,  I would suggest a combination approach of 
1) skin care with products and PRP/microneedling
2) PDT light therapy few times a month with growth factors
3) laser treatments like clear and brilliant regularly and a few times a year Fraxel/halo Viva, Co2/Erbium
4) Sculptra injections a few times a year for collagen production with fillers like juvederm/restylane/belotero/radiesse/bellafill
5) thermage/ultherapy for yearly skin tightening with or without PDO or cone based instalift threads for lifting
6) botox every 2-3 months to stop movement lines and prevent lines at rest
7) deep microneedling RF like Fractora/morpheus8 for tightening of the skin
8) Vascular laser like vbeam/excel V or BBL forever young treatment every quarter (3-4 months)

Best, Dr. Emer.

Robert T. Buchanan, MD (retired) · Answer

Not having frosting when you do a TCA peel at home is a good thing. It means that you did not get deep enough to have problems, including severe burns and scarring. You DO NOT want to do a peel at home yourself, especially a TCA peel. I cannot tell you all the problems I have seen from these peels done by supposed "experts." If they can have problems, imagine what you could have when all you know is what you have learned from the internet, a friend, or a magazine, etc. To use peels properly, you need to know everything about the peel, how it works, the precautions, etc., the indications and contraindications, as well as everything about the skin, how it reacts, how thick it is, what the dead cell layer is like, etc. To know all this takes years of study. See a professional that does skin care daily and has multiple options to treat what dissatisfies you.

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