Croton Oil Peel - 56 Year Old Woman, Portland Oregon

I'm still very glad I had the BensiPeel. It's been almost 11 months and my skin continues to morph. In addition to ironing out the wrinkles, my skin is indeed plumper. Not sure if that is an intended consequence or a lucky side benefit - I'll take it however it happens! The first 10 days is now a very distant memory but they did fly by pretty quickly. I had purchased white cotton "medication/lotion application gloves from a pharmacy (Hi-School in Scappoose, OR is where I found mine but I think they are pretty common). I wore them at bedtime and if napping to help insure I didn't scratch at my face when asleep. Somehow, your earlier question from back in the Spring didn't show up until I opened this page to answer this one. I apologize that I didn't respond to your initial pre-peel questions and am glad you went ahead with it. The very best of luck to you and I hope you are as satisfied with your final result as I am!

Thanks! Being extremely light-skinned, redheaded as a younger woman and a rosacea suffer, I was already sensitive skinned and shouldn't ever be out in the sun without full sun protection, so nothing has changed for me. I'd think, for a person with the ability to tan - that there would be the change to remembering to use a full spectrum sunscreen ANYTIME they are outside. My skin was more fussy and didn't absorb product (specifically aforementioned sunscreen) as well for the first 90 days but then settled back into its normal, albeit a whole lot less wrinkly, self. I am still 100% happy I had the BensiPeel and feel like it is the biggest beauty bang for the buck for removing sun damage and wrinkles around.

I’m sorry I didn’t see your question until just now. I hope you did get with Dr. Bensimon and are thrilled with your results. I am happy to report that I have absolutely no scarring or skin issues after my BensiPeel. (Croton peel) Redness lasted, if i remember correctly, about 12 weeks but I am a total ginger and had rosacea for my adult life so it didn’t look any redder than usual after the initial healing. Post peel I feel like when the initial redness dissipated, my problem rosacea has been reduced by about 80%.

stunning wow!!!

I think it really tightened my facial skin. I’m four years post procedure now and am still 100% happy with my results and feel this peel was absolutely worth the cost and the downtime needed for healing.

Hi there. I just answered another person and noticed your question. I'd said "It's been almost 11 months and my skin continues to morph. In addition to ironing out the wrinkles, my skin is indeed plumper. Not sure if that is an intended consequence or a lucky side benefit - I'll take it however it happens!" It isn't the sort of result you'd see from a lower facelift, but my skin is not as saggy/flaccid as it was before the BensiPeel.