I recently purchased a 20% Salicylic acid peel off of Amazon. I had done the process right the first time around, with no problem but with no results to show for it. The second time around, I forgot to 'degrease' my skin with rubbing alcohol. I felt an intense burning around where it's reddest in the picture I attached. I previously had a minor sunburn, but I thought it healed up before I applied this peel. Please let me know if I need to seek medical/professional help.
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August 16, 2018
Answer: Salicylic Acid Peel After Care--See a Doctor for recommendations
I recommend getting a formal evaluation with a cosmetic dermatologist for after care. I recommend Silagen + Bioshield to promote healing. Any scarring can be improved with lasers and microneedling/prp. See an expert. Best, Dr. Emer
10 min with a 30% salicylic peel is an incredibly long time. It's no wonder you burnt your face. Please leave professional treatments to the professionals. Stay out of the sun and apply a healing cream such as iS Clinical pro-heal serum and sheald to the area to protect it and speed up the...
Hello! I'm Landry - an aesthetician at Shah Aesthetics both in the Chicago and Winnetka area. While looking over the ingredients in the product that you used, there are a couple of ingredients that could have caused this. The first one is the active ingredient, Salicylic acid. While this BHA is...