POSTED UNDER VI Peel Reviews
1ST Vi Peel. Vienna, VA
UPDATED FROM sunsetmama
1 year post
1 year later - AFTER ViPeel
sunsetmamaSeptember 6, 2017
$275
I am doing great. No thanks to ViPeel. There were many other things that helped me finally "tame" my out of control cystic acne. Benzacline topical cream. Yaz birth control. Started taking YC-7 probiotics for females by Douglas Labs. Trying to eat healthy. Washing my face on a regular basis with a good facial cleaner. Sometime I still use a retinoid topical cream. And I DON'T use pore clogging makeup and foundation anymore! Trying to leave a clean face all day vs. wearing makeup everyday has really helped me. Will post photo later, soon.
UPDATED FROM sunsetmama
7 months post
9 months post ViPeel
sunsetmamaAugust 28, 2016
I now have terrible cystic acne on my cheeks. I never had any kind of acne on my cheeks before the ViPeel. This is infuriating and feels criminal. I've been spending $100's trying to get this awful acne under control but nothing is working. I am extremely disappointed and I greatly regret that I ever had the ViPeel done.
Replies (4)
October 7, 2016
Hey I suffered through the same thing you are going through and my dermatologist put me on accutane and after about 4 months the acne totally disappeared but now I'm dealing with large pores from the active acne so now I'm treating this with micro needling but my skin is 100x better than it was before! You may want to talk to your dermatologist about that bc I used to do 2-3 Vi peels a year but it wouldn't help either
October 8, 2016
Thank you charlotte34 I appreciate you taking the time to message me. As a matter of fact, strange coincidence, but today my husband looked at my lesions and mentioned that I should consider possibly starting accutane. I have been washing my face with salicylic acid and using rx benzacline on my lesions for the past 4 weeks A.M. & P.M. And I've gotten good, not perfect, but pretty good results on calming the HOT MESS, very painful, raised cystic acne that was populating all over my cheeks and jaw line. I also started taking Yaz birth control pills with a daily 81mg low dose aspirin (to reduce chance of blood clots). Things are looking better than they were 1 month ago. But if I miss 1 or 2 times of washing & benzaclin it comes right back. And now I have red scarring. Uhhhg. ViPeel never again!!!! Thanks again and I will look into the accurate.
April 3, 2017
I heard emu oil or suba buckhorn oil is good for that. More natural approach than accutane. Also get a good diet. Read clean skin from within by dr Trevor Cates.
April 4, 2017
I'm new to website. Don't know a lot about anything. However, I had acne when younger. I have come to realize that all these face products out there were actually making my skin worse. As if I was having a reaction to them. I quit using everything except I wash my face with Dove sensitive soap morning and night. In morn I put on gentle moisturizer with sun screen (Oil of Olay total effects fragrance free) and my skin is healthy and glowing. I'm always told I don't look my age. This has helped my daughter and grandson. This is just my opinion worked for me may not work for everyone.
December 14, 2017
Cystic acne needs a good deep medical extraction. Before cyst spread everywhere and infect and leave scaring that might end up worse and harder to get rid of. Once you have received your extraction do a chemical peel geared toward acne which will be a glycolic peel.. when you are certain that you have gotten your acne under control, then do a series of microneedling with prp and viva venus radio frequency and this will leave your skin flawless!! Trust me
December 14, 2017
Forgot to mention that the series of microneedling and the series of viva venus should be enter changeable... one month do a microneedling with prp session the next month do viva venus and keep going back and forth until you’ve finished both packages
UPDATED FROM sunsetmama
2 months post
Dark acne worsened
sunsetmamaMarch 19, 2016
It's 3 months after my ViPeel and the dark acne on my cheeks has never looked worse! I never had any acne in this area! I think that I had uncontrolled staph infections in my pores on my face. And when I did the ViPeel it actually just spread the infection deeper. I regret having the peel. I should have consulted a reputable dermatologist 1st to treat my acne instead of trying to handle it myself.
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March 20, 2016
I have adult cystic acne so I know what you are going through. I tried the VI peel and could not tolerate it. The first time went fine, but the second time my face completely swelled up including my eye area. I went back to the doctor who gave me a cortisone shot in the bottom (kenalog) which cleared it up completely. I can not tolerate retin A either, because I am allergic to retinol. The best peel I have found for my acne that is reasonably priced has resorcinol in it and clears me right up and the results last about 6 wks. I have also found that CO2 laser treatments by my plastic surgeon are the best "cure" for my acne and the results last up to 7-10 months. The laser is expensive, but at this point I will spend just about any amount to clear my skin up. There is down time, but the results are fabulous. Also a great esthetician who is associated with a dermatologist is essential in keeping your skin "clear". The local spas who offer facials etc are not any good, because they can not use the higher strength chemicals or products that an esthetician can in a dermatologist office. Many dermatologist have a store with their practice that sells skin products and you can get a higher strength hydroquinone that will fad the dark spots. I just purchased an 8% hydroquinone pads (that doesn't stink) and am hoping that it will fad my dark spots. BTW, I am 60 and have battled acne since around age 26. Menopause helped, but I still have break outs, which is disgusting and heart breaking at my age.
October 14, 2016
You may want to evaluate your diet? I cut out eggs and my cystic acne went away by about 80-90%, and limiting dairy and sugar helps too.
May 3, 2017
Only way to get rid of acne is cut out all sugar and processed food. I mean ALL sugar. If it tastes sweet, don't eat. Derms don't want you to know this. But the solution is free
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