Chemical Peeling are today’s approaches to acne reduction and eventual skin rejuvenation. This treatment improves the appearance of acne scars by using chemical solutions to remove the old skin’s outer layer. This new skin that replaces it is usually smoother and less scarred in appearance. Chemical peels are also good choices for fair-skinned individuals.

Today, let us learn more about chemical peels, how they work, and if acne scars can be treated using this particular procedure. Read until the end and discover if chemical peels can work for you.

What is a Chemical Peel?

Chemical peels reveal the deeper layers of the skin by applying acid to the outer layer of the skin. Depending on the chemical peel’s depth and strength, practitioners may also remove a small portion of the dermis. Skin appears much younger and healthier as a result. There are a variety of skin conditions that experts can treat with chemical peels, including:

• Acne
• Acne scars
• Fine lines and wrinkles
• Hyperpigmentation, including freckles and age spots
• Redness​
• Rosacea

Furthermore, chemical peel treatments are not limited to just the face. Additionally, it will reduce wrinkles, age spots, and freckles on the neck and hands. Bella Derma offers a variety of chemical peels based on your personal skincare needs.

Common Chemical Peel Types

Pumpkin Peel

A chemical peel that can go along with microneedling, a Pumpkin Peel is a gentle but accelerated exfoliation. This peel is an antioxidant-packed formula with active collagen-inducing peptides. Great for hydration, toning, and firmness.

Benefits:

• Anti-aging
• Brightens and tightens
• Increases elasticity and firmness
• Increases pigmentation
• Lifts and firms
• Minimizes pores
• Reduce dull, uneven texture
• Reduce fine lines and wrinkles

Lactic 30 Peel

Lactic 30 is a chemical peel that provides excellent exfoliating action while moisturizing, healing, and protecting the skin. One of the best treatments for hyperpigmentation and is a preferred peel for skin of color.

Benefits:

• Brightens
• Increases firmness and elasticity
• Increases hydration
• Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
• Reduces pigmentation
• Tightens

Intermediate 5 Berry Peel

A peel for photo-aging, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and acne, Intermediate 5 Berry Peel works wonders. This chemical peel has multiple reparative, protective and anti-aging benefits from 5 berries: cranberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and bearberry. Safe for skin of color. You can also add this chemical peel to microneedling.

Benefits:

• Advanced
• Anti-aging
• Reduce dull and uneven texture
• Reduce pigmentation

Trichloroacetic Acid or TCA Peel

Another chemical peel that combines microneedling, TCA, can achieve intense exfoliation and resurface with the Vitamin A Power Peel. This formula is fantastic for improving fine lines and wrinkles and lifting hyperpigmentation.

Benefits:

• Anti-aging
• Boosts collagen and elastin
• Brightens and tightens

Vitamin A Peel

Achieve vigorous exfoliation and resurfacing with the Vitamin A Power Peel and another chemical peel that works well with microneedling. This formula is fantastic for improving fine lines and wrinkles and lifting hyperpigmentation.

Benefits:

• Anti-aging
• Boosts collagen and elastin
• Brightens and tightens

Hydrojelly Mask Add Ons

These add-ons to microneedling or dermaplaning can increase the positive effects you can get from chemical peels:

Belgium Cacao

For reinvigoration and nourishment

• Increases skin energy
• Promotes smooth skin
• Restores moisture in the skin

Antioxidant Goji

For regeneration and radiance

• Helps repair skin
• Increases collagen
• Rich in antioxidants

Illuminating Orange

For pigmentation and age spots

• High in Vitamin C
• Soothing
• Strong lightening

Brightening

Inhibits melanin and lightens skin

• Illuminates the skin
• Lightens overall skin tone
• Reduces production of melanin

Hyaluronic Acid

For Superior moisture retention

• Improves skin elasticity
• Plumps skin
• Supplies intense hydration

How Chemical Peels Reduce Acne Scars

With acne, there’s never a clean breakup. Even when there are no more flare-ups, there may still be several scars left to remind us of a not-so-fantastic time. While time can heal these marks, several expert-approved methods deliver speed time based on your schedule. Among the popular techniques is the procedure of chemical peeling.

Let us peek into the potential benefits chemical peels can have on acne-prone skin, including:

• lightening of dark spots
• smoother texture and tone
• unclogging of pores to prevent future breakouts

Moreover, picking the correct chemical peel may be challenging, especially when a solution can go wrong and be too harsh. But knowledge is protection.

How to Prepare for Chemical Peels

Before the chemical peel procedure, patients and their dermatologists should discuss expectations, potential risks, and outcomes of the process. Patients should also:

• Avoid medications such as Retin-A, Renova, or glycolic acid.
• Avoid medications or supplements that can affect blood clottings – such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or vitamin E – for ten (10) days before surgery.
• Determine whether they will need someone to drive them home following the procedure.
• Discuss their skin condition and treatment goals to determine the depth of the chemical peel.
• Disclose all history of scarring, persistent cold sores, or facial X-rays.

What to Expect After Chemical Peels

After the procedure, patients may experience a reaction similar to sunburn in the treatment area. Patients may experience the following:

• Bandages that are over the targeted areas for several days.
• Blisters that gradually crust automatically turn brown and peel off after the next seven to fourteen (7-14) days following medium and deep peels.
• After their chemical peels, patients should avoid exposure to the sun for several months. Light peels may also be repeated after intervals of one to four (1-4) weeks. On the other hand, medium-depth peels may be repeated every six to 12 months.
• There’s redness, followed by scaling within three to seven (3-7) days.
• Swelling.

What to Try At Home for Happy Skin Resurfacing

When tempted to do chemical peels at home, pick the suitable acids for your skin type and understand your results. Safely using chemicals at home usually help with light surface scars like fading dark spots. Be sure to purchase your peels from reputable providers and not from online sources that no one is familiar with — some citations have been known to provide questionable products.

Here are particular acids to look for in at-home chemical peels:

• Salicylic acid – is good for oily and acne-prone skin to loosen dirt from pores.
• Phytic acid – is suitable for sensitive skin and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
• Mandelic acid – is suitable for all skin types and textures and darker skin tones, especially for treating large pores.
• Lactic acid – is suitable for all skin types and fading dark spots.
• Glycolic acid is suitable for normal and oily skin types and exfoliates the surface layer of your skin.

Final Takeaways

Chemical peels work against acne scars – that’s a fact. But when you want to alleviate the stress acne scars may bring, the best thing you can do is set realistic expectations of how your skin will heal. No matter how much chemical peels you can afford, your skin needs rest.

If you want to experience chemical peels, our amazing friends at Bella Derma can help you today.