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Chemical Peels and their Usage

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Dr. Vikas PanthriTrichologist • 17 Years Exp.MBBS, PGDA
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Chemical peels are used for exfoliating the skin around your face, neck and hands. It is a process in which a chemical solution is used for eliminating the dead skin cells from the upper layer of your skin. After applying a chemical peel the affected layer of the skin comes off leaving behind a new layer of skin.

Chemical peels may be used for treating the following skin problems:

  1. Acne and acne scars
  2. Wrinkles and freckles
  3. Helps you to combat the problem of ageing
  4. Excessive consumption of birth control pills can sometimes lead to the appearance of brown spots on your skin. Chemical peels help to remove those spots and marks.
  5. It also effectively heals damage caused by the harmful rays of the sun.
  6. Sometimes dark circles and fine lines that appear under the eyes can also be treated with the help of chemical peels.
  7. Skin pigmentation can be cured with the help of chemical peels.

Chemical peels are generally not painful and are usually more effective for white skinned people. But they can cause adverse results if applied on cuts, wounds, infections or any skin diseases like eczema.

There are many types of chemical peels such as:

  1. Light peels: These peels are very mild in nature. Most often Glycolic acid is used as the peeling agent. Light peels can make your skin smooth and can also give you a radiant look.
  2. Medium depth peels: Trichloroacetic acid is used for peeling in case of medium depth peels. It helps to treat skin problems like wrinkles, pigmentation or skin damage caused by harmful rays of the sun.
  3. Deep peels: Deep peels not only act upon the upper layer of your skin but they rather penetrate through different layers of your skin. Usually phenol is used as the peeling agent. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a doctor.