I am about to turn 40, and a friend insisted that she could take nearly 10 years off of my face through a 50% TCA Chemical Peel. Everything seemed okay, but after 5 days I noticed that my cheek area (both sides) had developed a bright red rash which is a bit swollen, feverish, and somewhat uncomfortable. Was it too strong for me? When will this subside and what can I do to make it better? I feel stupid and had never done anything like this before and never will again.
I live in Asia & am home for 2 weeks. Want to get my legs tan while in the U.S. I got a mild/med TCA peel & after I washed it my face was very red. I put on high SPF and went shopping, then to the tan salon. I turned off the face/shoulder lamps & covered my face with a towel & clothes immediately. My face was very red/swollen that night & next day. It is day 2, swelling/redness improved but still prominent. Is it the peel or a burn? If it is a burn, what do i do?? I'm kinda panicking!
wilst on holiday the day before my return home i decided to have tca 35% on some sun spot on my face , on few hours after the application my skin turn dark brown i am on my third day and they are still dark brown no swelling or burning but no peeling yet. is it normal? will the brown color desappear? how long will it take. i am a little worried . thanks for your help .stefania from italy
I got a 30% TCA peel that was layered twice. My cheeks and nose area swelled a little for a few days, then it went down. Today is the 8th day. I have very little peeling left on my nose and forhead. The peeled parts look great but they are red. I was given locoid lipocream & an spf 30 moisturizer, and I'm staying out of the sun. How long is the redness supposed to last on a medium-depth chemical peel?
How long will it take before the severe swelling subsides after my TCA? I have extremely tight skin, severe swelling, and a brown mask effect where the TCA was administered. I have no pain, but would like to no how long before the swelling subsides? many thanks.
I have a tremendous amount of swelling from a medium chemical TCA Chemical Peel about 48 hours ago. White blisters have also started to appear on my forehead. Is this normal? How long for severe swelling to last? Also, I only started the Famvir (Valtex) the morning of the procedure, and have only 4 doses (two days) left. Do I need a longer regimen for that? I have had 5 pills so far.
Hi , sorry to message you even you don't know me but I really need some advice about TCA peel I had the second TCA 20% on 19th night, I left it on for 3mins then washed it off, but the burning last all night long from strong to less, the face wasn't red but pale, only the area on my jaw line and one side of my cheek turned brown a few hours later ....the next day, my face was swelling a lot, the brown area looks like orange skin... so I put some antiseptic cream and some healing cream on it, on the same night it started to feel tight a little bit and a little less swelling..... yesterday its still swelling a bit, the whole face turned darker red and brown, and it started to peel on my chin but only a thin layer, and the skin underneath haven't change it still brown!! today (day 3 and half), my face seems not swelling anymore, it feel really tight I can't even smile, the skin very brown, I'm so worry now, is my face colour gonna be like this forever? did I just over burned it for some reason? it acted so different compare with the first peel 5 weeks ago... the first on was great, only took 5 days to peel and the skin colour gone back to normal straight away on the peeled area... please help me and tell me what should i do... thank you!