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Educate Yourself First - Denver, CO

UPDATED FROM touchthisskin

30% under eye peel finally healed

WORTH IT$40
And i look super good! I'm now almost 41 and i am always mistaken for 21-29. BTW, not sure i would do another 30%. It scared me pretty good when it took three months to heal.

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Hi I ordered the 30% from amazon brand Erlenmeyer's Laboratory. Have you heard of that brand? I had a peel b4, and they do work, but my dermatologist did it and seeing your pics and you tube I can try it myself. You look great btw
i haven't heard of it, but once again, 30% is some POWERFUL stuff. I can't emphasize this enough. I still have problems almost 8 months later with the skin under my eyes getting red. I finally got an rx for triluma from my doctor and it worked pretty well to finally get it healed. I have also been using AQ serum which has human stem cell conditioned media and mito q which is a very powerful form of ubiquinone. these have all helped, but the area under my eyes is still easily irritated and turns red. Be careful
How was the PaloVia? Worth it?
May be it happen because the eye area you treated and would take differently on you face
Hi, you look great! I am struggling with malar mounds. if you don't mind me asking what did you use or what did you do to remove your malar mound?
UPDATED FROM touchthisskin

30% TCA

I finally got up the courage to try a 30% peel under my eyes and I want to warn anyone doing this at home that this is some serious stuff. I ended up peeling and scabbing twice during the healing process and I'm still red under my eyes after a month! it was almost in danger of turning brown due to hyperpigmentation. Luckily the community here had excellent advice and I used a hydroquinone cream twice a day as well as a hydrocortisone ointment at night. Be careful! I've never been so frightened by what I did to myself, and I have experimented with a lot of things on myself! That all said, people constantly think I'm in my early twenties. I highly recommend getting a TCA of 25% or higher once a year

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How do I find the medications to do my own facial?
my last peel was 2 coats of Jessners and cross hatching some larger pores and then 2 coats entire face with 25% TCA, I really liked the results but I'm a little worried about the 30% whats your thoughts on this? BTW your skin looks great.
30% is scary. Unless you have nothing but time for a couple of weeks after to dedicate completely to post care, i would not recommend it.
Thanks for the comment, I think that I'll stay with what I'm doing.
What brand of hydroquinone do you recommend? If you don't catch the hyperpigmentation right away, is it permanent?
Hello, did you do the Jessners and 30 percent TCA or just the TCA?
What % of hydroquinone did you use and what brand? (Thank You for the post)
UPDATED FROM touchthisskin

Hey guys, I just wanted to give an update. I just...

Hey guys, I just wanted to give an update. I just did my annual 25% TCA a few months ago, mid-July 2012, right before my 39th! I applied it full face and neck, and triple applied under eyes. It took the usual 7 days to peel. I once again used aquaphor day and night and washed with Dr Bronners baby mild.

I have also been using a 20% salicylic peel monthly to maintain. I attached a new pic from a week ago. It shows a really nice even skin tone. My skin is so bright! IMO, chemical peels are absolutely the key to maintaining youthful skin if you cannot afford a surgeon. I'm thinking if trying the 30% TCA/Jessners selling on amazon. Anyone tried?

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Your skin looks great! It makes me want to hit the TCA all over. Maybe if you combined it with Carole Maggios Facersize, you could be shocked at the result!
i know! i've done my hands too, but the peeling was so nasty.
Hi. I'm a 26 year asian male. I have a lot of red and brown marks due to acne. I know you can't apply TCA if you have active acne. I have a bit of active acne but not much. I have been breaking out recently. Did you have lot of red marks and brown marks (hyperpigmenation) before this? I dont see any before pictures but you dont look like someone with lot of red/brown marks? So it just took you 1 TCA peel to see these results? Because you're skin looks great after the 7th day! I heard that downtown for TCA peel is 3 weeks usually... I saw another woman who did a TCA peel at home and showed it took 3 weeks for her skin to look normal. I know you did this at home but i'm not going to do a TCA peel at home as i'm worried i would mess up and would do it with a professional instead. Would you say a TCA peel is a must for red/brown marks from acne? I read you wrote about how you paid hundreds for glycolic acid peels done professional and the results aren't that good so is glycolic acid peel a waste of time then? I read those peels are so light that doing that to clear red/brown marks would be useless. Thoughts on this? Also if the place that im trying to do it says they will do glycolic acid peel on me and not TCA peel as it would be my first peel ever should i just refuse since that would be wasting money? I heard it takes 4-6 glycolic acid peel to see results but for TCA... is it less? Cheers!

I know this might sound stupid,but I am thirteen and I have acne scars,should I use this? :)

Waiting on my tca peel to come in so I can try. I have a palovia and love it! Plus I have a nuface and it realy helps to lift the skin ( muscles) of the face!

Did you do 20% TCA on hands? That is normally a high strenght for hands. Can case post hyperpigmentation. Do you have pics of hands? 60-70% gylcolic peel is good for the body after prepping too! Linda
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