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The skin of the face is privileged in its ability to heal after it has been stressed. Peel are great here. Off the face, the skin does not heal nearly as well. Peels tend to cause scaring. For this reason peels are not performed off the face. A very mild fruit acid might be safe but these agents will not improve the skin because their effects are very superficial.
Peels for the extremities give clinical improvement in sun damage if they a superficial in variety. An excellent peel, so called the "Cook" peel is the use of 70% glycolic acid gel for 2-3 minutes followed by 15% Trichloracetic acid for several minutes. Deeper peels can lead to scarring and should be avoided.
I highly recommend an exam with a board-certified dermatologist to have the moles looked at before you do chemical peels. Chemical peels will not hurt the moles, but it is best to have them examined to make sure they are not pre-cancerous or cancerous. If they are, in fact, innocent then it...
Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong...
As you are now aware there are risks of hyper-pigmentation with a skin resurfacing procedure. I hope by this time you have returned to the physician who administered your peels and they have prescribed a bleaching creme for you that you can apply to the problem areas such as your chin...
