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How Long After a Chemical Peel Can you Resume a Heavy Workout Routine with Heavy Sweating?

t.cFeb 4, 2014
If you plan on a chemical peel,and your a very active person.How soon before and after a peel can you resume your heavy workout routine,and should you refrain from heavy sweating while your healing from a peel?

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David Hansen, MD

Most chemical peels such as fruit acids or TCA peels do not thin the skin at all. They take the top layers off and allow you to produce new skin from below so the total thickness never changes. The more peels you do then the younger you look as a rule. Sincerely, David Hansen,MD

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You could, but you could also risk further injuring the skin with a chemical peel in areas that are already hyperpigmented. Injury to the skin, especially Asian, Brown, East Indian or Black, is prone to hyperpigmenttion after injury, bites, surgery, sclerotherapy ... Sometimes, it takes up to 3 ...

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