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Back Chemical Peel

UPDATED FROM nju8710
1 month post

Over all acne results on face and dark marks

nju8710
$520
I forgot to mention it isn't just scarring but the active acne as well. To my face and back. My face has 100% cleared up.
I didn't not have a peel to my face but with the medicine and the Retin A. 95% of the dark marks have gone, plus I had this weird hyper pigmentation in the middle of my face. It had started happening a few months back. It was only on the center not on the side of my cheeks. That I have seen about a 50% difference it is there but so much lighter. I think the biggest differences I can go outside and not have to you where make up. And the fact that I can wear make up. I was having such a problem with my skin being so oily that wearing make up was a struggle. I had oil blotting sheets are use make up setting spray, and at least every hour I have to re-powder my face because of the oil. Even though it's not 100% gone it's giving me more of a normal life I'm not constantly worried about my pimple or my dark marks on my face. I do not apply the Retin-A to my face daily. I do it every other day, because it causes redness and peeling.

I can see the only bad side about this. Is that I have to stay out of the sun completely, and wear sunscreen. Living in Texas and missing out on all the summer fun can be a pain. However I'm undergoing laser hair removal and laser tattoo removal so either way I can't get in the sun. I guess this year is my year dedicated to self-improvement

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Tricia Brown, MD

Tricia Brown, MD

Board Certified Dermatologist

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Replies (1)

August 7, 2017
Just want to mention that I also had bad acne scars and marks in m back when I was in my 20s. Some family member suggested to go to the beach and lay down ... like every week.. for about 2 -3 hours maybe.... I noticed they dried and in a few months I had nothing.... and everything disappear... Now my facial acne scars I still have even though I had a dermabrasion done years ago... didnt work... waste of money... maybe now there is some other chemicals or peels that will help my facial scars. Good luck, even though a little late for this idea. cause now you probably cant spend too much time in the sun.
August 7, 2017
I had it since I was a teenage. So it's been life long kinda thing. Since starting the treatments it gotten soooooo much better. No new break outs at all. I would get really swollen cyst type one on my back. Yeah I tried all the OTC stuff, home remedies, and since I live in south Texas I spend all my time out at the beach, pool, lake or river during the summer and that never improved anything. Plus because I have a darker skin complexion tanning makes the hyperpigmentation worse.
UPDATED FROM nju8710
1 month post

Update post one peel.

nju8710
One peel. Haven't gone back for the next and using the Retin A every other day.

*note the price I paid was for a series of 3

Big thing I notice is no new pimples at all with the combination of treatment. I have such oil skin to my back and that is gone.

The marks have gotten better. About 50%, my significant other says he thinks it looks better than I do, but I'm urssing he sees it more than I do being he is theone scrubbing my back and applying the creams. I need to schedule my next peel.

The peeling process is itchy and had to remind myself not to pick and pull at the skin. It just comes off in big pieces. Which was kinda gross. When your laying in bed and have to dust off the skin flakes. Lol



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February 12, 2018
can I have the doctor number
UPDATED FROM nju8710
3 days post

3 days post peel

nju8710
For the first 3 days the color of my skin was really red in the area the applied the peel. It's starting peel. It's nice because I can actually see where the hyperpigmentation is/was and it peeling off. The skin under it looks completely normal or 75-80% lighters the darkest areas. The middle of my back has not started to peel.
There is no pain but rather just really itchy. I just have to not scratch at it, and pat the skin. I'm very surprised that I'm seeing results. They said people need like 6 peels some times. I only bought 3. So I'm hoping with that plus the Retin-A (Tretinoin) that will do it.
Here is hoping.

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June 19, 2017
Hi! how is your back looking now can u upload a current phone please
July 16, 2017
Ok I posted an update.