Chemical Peel Gone Bad

At least from the photos you posted from day 7, that looks like a typical day 7 appearance from a medium-deep peel. But you say that you saw a dermatologist "2 weeks later" or another week after these photos. What did the dermatologist say?

When i had gone to see the derm, she was very concerned about the lip/cheek/forehead area. The areas were open and not healing. She cultured the areas to check for staff and or bacteria infection. Gave me Biafine and an antibiotic ointment for the open wounds. The wounds on the lip/ear/forehead are that of 3rd degree burns. I had to see her every week for a month to see how healing was going. She said microdermabrasion will help with the scarring, wont get rid of all of it, but will soften the scars. I had also gone to see a neurologist and I have nerve damage to the lip area that runs up to the cheek and the forehead. He put me on LYRICA. Its been almost 8 months now and I am left with 2 deep scars on the lip (they are about 2mm deep, one is 4mm round and the other is about 1cm x 1 1/2 cm square. They have a whitish/grey/blue look to them, The one on my forehead is a 4in white scar with a deep hole where my primary dug out the scab. The one in my hairline that he also dug out the scab has a bald spot). What a mistake i made!!! I will add a photo from 2 weeks, 2 days

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Yikes! Those appear to be pretty deep in these new photos. It would be good to see what they look like now, 8 months later. Many times a mature scar (6-12 months after the peel) can be improved with scar revision techniques, sometimes dramatically. Just to clarify, though, microdermabrasion (in contrast to true dermabrasion) will do nothing for scars. I suspect your dermatologist meant dermabrasion. It's good you posted this, though. It certainly highlights the potential dangers in these cosmetic procedures. Best of luck, --DCP

OMG....that guy did overkill BIGTIME! It really looks like he didn't know what the heck he was doing! Why did he give you so many solutions, peels? I would think the Jessner Peel would have been enough, especially if it was your first time. Then you could have done a little more the next time after healing from that. I hope you continue to heal and your face gets better. It's unfortunate that you may have some permanent damage. I wish you all the best!

Sorry for your unfortunate problems. I truly doubt microdermabrasion will help. But if it makes you feel better than go ahead. I would wait a total of 12 to 18 months for FULL healing. Than try IPL treatments . This was a medium peel that possibly got a staph infection during the initial healing. It makes one wonder why a test with 30% TCA and than Jessner's for the peeling. Testing show intent to do the right thing but switching for a much stronger solution is very unusual. Good Luck

Hello I am Glad the scars are a little Better. I would recommend using SILICONE GEL SGEETING ON THE SCARS. Use it at night. You may need a prescription for it.It makes the scar matures faster

oooh I am soooo sorry. I had a similar episode to. I went to this spa and the lady combined microdemabrasion with a gygolic peel and the first time was okay the second time she combined it again and it caused discoloration on my forehead. I went back to her and she put a medium to dseep peel which she said will correct the discoloration all of this was done within a 6 week period.The third one gave me more discoloration. I thought she knew what she was doing because she told me she is very experience with people of my color. I went back to her very upset and she told me it woud fade within 3 months. Its been 6 months now and the scars r still there. I am sooo depress. I don't even look into mirrors anymore. I am now seeing a skin specialist who applied this peel from pca she said it was designed for people of color. She said by the 4 peel i should be okay.It was a very mild peel. She said i might need between 4-5 every 3 weeks to see a n improvement. I hope so. I want the discloration to go so bad. It has affected my self esteem soooooo much. I wish u luck. I'll keep u in prays.

Please trust me on this. Not every doctor is perfect. The scars you have may fade or lesson over years, but they may not go away. Bad chemical peels are actually quite common. What may seem like a minor scar now, may be a big problem in the years to come as your skin and age change. This is the time to secure an attorney (before the one year date) and cover yourself. You will find it difficult and expensive to have corrective procedures done, because many doctors avoid cases when there is already some type of poor procedure. Then again, there are many wonderful doctors who take on such cases. Don't let this pass, as you may be very sorry in the years to come. Dr. McCloud Retired

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