Can TCA Peel Help with Keloid Scars?

Thank you for your question. It takes about a week for a TCA peel to finish peeling, and then another week for the skin to regenerate. For stronger peels, the healing process my take slightly longer, and of course, the vice versa is true with weaker peels. For weaker peels, it is often common to...

I agree wtih Dr. Sikorski that TCA peels or any chemical peel for that matter are not appropriate for treating hypertrophic scars and may even make the scar worse.  Cortisone injections and laser/light devices such as the pulsed-dye laser can be helpful. Good luck.

Any reputable board certified plastic surgeon or dermatologist can remove skin tags easily. They can also check to see if any of the lesions are worrisome for being something other than just skin tags. That would require the lesions be sent to pathology for microscopic examination. TCA is...

Before you spend $$ on peels or IPL, try these topicals. This is called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).  I recommend Melarase AM and Melarase PM creams from Kare Skin as well as a broad spectrum sunblock like Spectrase. Bothe are from Kare Skin. Scler-x post inflammatory h...

Brown skin, Asian skin, East Indian and African American skin is prone to hyperpigmentation. Before you spend $$ on peels or IPL, try these topicals. This is called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).  I recommend Melarase AM and Melarase PM creams from Kare Skin as well as a broad sp...

TCA peels vary alot according to location and strength. Light TCA peels such as 10-15% for the face will run about $250-350 each. 20-25% TCA face peels run about $450-600 each. 30-35% TCA peels for the face run $750-1500 each. If you are also doing the neck and chest with the face, then you can...