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47 Yr Old, Some Acne Scars, Pigmentation from Sun Damage - London, GB

Name: 47 Yr Old, Some Acne Scars, Pigmentation from Sun Damage - London, GB
Item: Aesthetician
Author: tinawie

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I had a Dr. Schrammek Green Peel yesterday. Medium...

tinawieJune 23, 2016

$170

I had a Dr. Schrammek Green Peel yesterday. Medium strength. My aesthetician recommended this. Before this I have been going for a monthly microdermabrasion facial for 2 years. I use SkinCeutical products daily and SPF50 sunscreen everyday. I spent a fortune on my skin so far in my life! The Green Peel procedure went like this: After cleansing she massaged in a herbal mixture on my face for 5-10 mins. By the time she stopped it felt like I had glass shards being scrubbed into my skin with massive force - very painful! She left the herbal cream on and covered it with a gauze for 10 mins. and dripped some solution over it to calm the skin a bit. Afterwards she removed the herbal cream with cotton pads drenched with something which was very painful and she kept apologizing for that. She was very happy with the result and said it would peel in 3-4 days time and I would then have baby skin. I was quite red and a bit swollen for a few hours after. In the evening a little less red. This morning a little less. My skin is still sensitive to touch - like mini glass splinters are stuck in it. I am not allowed to use water on my face for 4 days. I have a lotion to cleanse my face morning and night with a cotton pad, a special cream and a blemish balm. The blemish balm I have not used yet but I would tonight as I am going to the theater. I look like I have a bit of a sunburn on my face and the areas where I had discoloration looks even darker ????.
I have been trying many products as well as gone through many procedures to improve my facial skin, because I just want to go out finally without feeling I have to camoflouge my discoloratiion and scars with make-up.
I am taking pictures morning and night but do not wish to post them publicly. I will however continue to post how my skin develops for everyone out there wishing for the same thing as me - naked skin you could show without embarrassment! I hope this treatment is everything I've hoped for! The cost was £170 (not $).

tinawie's provider

Aesthetician

Replies (4)

RealSelfChris

June 24, 2016

I can completely relate to having the acne scars. I'm 47 too and I still get the occasional breakout. I thought puberty was long behind me!

Have you started peeling yet?

tinawie

June 24, 2016

Hi, surprisingly yes, as the aesthetician had said it would take 3-4 days before peeling would start! So on the evening one day after treatment, I put the BB cream on for the first time because I had musical tickets. It covered the redness quite well but there was another problem. My skin had turned very taut and smooth, as if I had plastic wrap spread on my face. But as soon as I moved my face, whether to smile, talk, etc., it would wrinkle up everywhere in a very unusual way. So when I put the BB cream on, it exasperated this wrinkling because it went into the creases (if you understand what I mean? - like how foundations or powder sets into the wrinkles under the eyes?). Throughout the evening my skin was also very itchy. Anyway, I was very self-conscious about my face on the busy tube and at the theater, but my girlfriend helped me through it and I survived. On returning home, I removed the BB cream with the lotion I was given for cleansing my face and applied the special cream. At that point I saw that peeling had started on my lower jaw area. This morning and today the peeling has continued, as well as the itching. It (the peeling) has spread outward and upward and has also started around my nose. It's still very blotchy so I cannot say whether the pigmentation underneath has improved or not. My forehead still looks like I have plastic wrap on it. I know I shouldn't touch the peeling skin but I cannot stop gong over it and "helping" to remove the flaking skin! I will continue posting my progress.

sandra3TX

October 7, 2016

Were you satisfied with your Green Peel from last summer. Did the hyperpigmentation return?