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Excellent Experience with Dr Wilson's Phenol Peel
I thought I'd share my experience getting a phenol peel with Dr Wilson's practice. I had been bothered for some time with the sagging and smoker's lines around my mouth. Although I don't smoke, I have these deep peri-oral wrinkles. I met with Dr Wilson and we discussed varios options.
the phenol peel seemed to be the most promising. He made sure that I was aware this wasn't something for sissies (my word not his) and that I understood that I'd be more or less homebound for 2 weeks. I booked the appointment for a few months later in September. Tracy came in and got me on a skin regime to get my skin ready.
Over the next few months I started to get more and more nervous and even moved the appointment back a few times into October. I met with Tracy about a month before to get my skin in shape. She gave me a microplanning and some time under a special light. It was very soothing! She also made me feel less anxious about the whole thing as she'd had the same procedure. She's really awesome! Then Dr. Wilson and his nurse walked me through the medication regime for the day before and the week or so after.
The night before I was scheduled, I didn't sleep a wink!. My husband dropped me off at the office first thing in the morning and the medications I'd taken an hour earlier made me calm and sleepy. I didn't feel a thing. The numbing shot was actually worse than the peel itself. Hubby picked me up and I went straight home to bed.
Day one was a blur. I took my pain pills and sometimes had to take them a little earlier than prescribed. It HURT! My face was on fire. But once the pills kicked in I was fine and just slept a lot. I put clean paper towels soaked in ice water on my face. They were so soothing.
Day 2: I woke up with zero pain. I swear there was no pain at all. I greased up with hydra-balm and felt fine. The only downside was that I could not see. Both of my eyes were so swollen that I couldn’t see to do anything like reading, sewing and cooking which is what I’d kind of planned to do during this down time. So today was a bit boring. I watched a little TV and rested. Tracy called and didn’t seem concerned about the blisters on my eyes or on my chin.
the phenol peel seemed to be the most promising. He made sure that I was aware this wasn't something for sissies (my word not his) and that I understood that I'd be more or less homebound for 2 weeks. I booked the appointment for a few months later in September. Tracy came in and got me on a skin regime to get my skin ready.
Over the next few months I started to get more and more nervous and even moved the appointment back a few times into October. I met with Tracy about a month before to get my skin in shape. She gave me a microplanning and some time under a special light. It was very soothing! She also made me feel less anxious about the whole thing as she'd had the same procedure. She's really awesome! Then Dr. Wilson and his nurse walked me through the medication regime for the day before and the week or so after.
The night before I was scheduled, I didn't sleep a wink!. My husband dropped me off at the office first thing in the morning and the medications I'd taken an hour earlier made me calm and sleepy. I didn't feel a thing. The numbing shot was actually worse than the peel itself. Hubby picked me up and I went straight home to bed.
Day one was a blur. I took my pain pills and sometimes had to take them a little earlier than prescribed. It HURT! My face was on fire. But once the pills kicked in I was fine and just slept a lot. I put clean paper towels soaked in ice water on my face. They were so soothing.
Day 2: I woke up with zero pain. I swear there was no pain at all. I greased up with hydra-balm and felt fine. The only downside was that I could not see. Both of my eyes were so swollen that I couldn’t see to do anything like reading, sewing and cooking which is what I’d kind of planned to do during this down time. So today was a bit boring. I watched a little TV and rested. Tracy called and didn’t seem concerned about the blisters on my eyes or on my chin.
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