*sounds klaxon* 30% GA peel shizzle that you can do at home

[SeasonOfTheWitch]

thought i ought to do a public service and announce it properly as hardly anyone seems to know you can buy this stuff to use at home - and it works out sooo much cheaper than having it done at a salon even tho it's the exact same stuff.

i've only used it once so far (for 3 mins) but have been properly amazed by the results - as i posted on another thread, my 11s have reduced by 50% [holy grail] and my skin generally looks brighter and more even.

you do it weekly, building up the time over 6 weeks and then have a break.

the magic goo is here: www.bravuralondon.com/glycolic-acid-30.html

don't forget to get the neutraliser (apparently just bicarb but maybe has crushed fairies' castles in it too so your choice) and use sun block in the day.

anyone a veteran of the stuff and care to share your results?

p.s. i don't work for bravura and i'm a MN regular recently name-changed to separate my S&B chat with my over-sharing on other threads.

As I understand it from the research I've done, at home peels work on a three day cycle. It's all to do with the acid speeding up the sloughing off of dead skin and the cell renewal process. Using other products containing chemical exfoliants during that 3 day process takes you back to day 1 of the cycle rather than intensifying the treatment. Short and simple version, it's an irritant and the skin needs at least 3 days to heal between treatments.

So I'd say use a peel no more often than once every 3 days and lay off the other products such as liquid gold etc during that period too.

Woo hoo, got my dispatch email today. Having it delivered to work as nobody is in to sign for it and the sortig office is shut by the time I get home. Really hoping it comes tomorrow so I can do it over the weekend.

Having said all that about the 3 day cycle I'd be wary of using a peel that frequently early on. The reason you start off with short treatment times and build it up is to give your skin a more gentle chance to get used to the treatment to avoid unwanted side effects (hence the low concentration prep products you have to use before a salon peel).

But if you really can't resist using it more frequently in the early stages I'd suggest only increasing the treatment time every second peel just to be on the safe side.

I've done it....my face hasn't fallen off but I look pretty much like I did before like shit in other words

I'm not sure that any amount of skin peel stuff can compensate for the lack of sleep and poor diet that is the consequence of 4 crappy night shifts!

It was quite stingy, and pretty disgusting fizziness when I stuck the neutraliser on. My skin does look a bit better I think though, smoother and a bit tighter. Can't wait for next week.

I put on jojoba oil after and then had to slap on some sun screen to venture to the shops.

my SA has been dispatched, hoping it arrives tomorrow in time for w/e application :)
has anyone else tried the SA 10%? or are you all on the GA?

i'm on GA. i agree with others who think they're skin might even look a teeny bit worse and blackheads and bumps and lumps more visible. close up my skin is def quite grotty. a couple of paces back and i look radiant though. strange. going to wait til next week to do peel two, but might do my decollage [sic] before then though. the skin there is awful, lots of white spots and bumps (not whiteheads) and just aged looking.

Does anyone know why you can't use skin peels when you are breast feeding? Does it get absorbed into the body or something?

ARghhh, I was all set to do it last night just before bed and then noticed that it said that you should leave it 30 mins after cleansing and it was just too late at night for me to wait. I did a patch test on my hand and all was fine.

Then this morning I used the Clarisonic that I got a couple of days ago, which feels a bit scratchy tbh. I got back from the school run to find that I have huge red welts on my neck and they are still there now at 2pm. This can only be from the Clarisonic. So there's no way I can go throwing acid all over myself tonight as planned.

Mine us here? Sp I do 2 minutes a day for 6 days?

No!! Once a week rusmum.

I started with 3 minutes, face a bit sensitive but no redness or sore bits. Build up the minutes as the weeks progress. Stop after 6 weeks for 2 weeks....I think

NotMostPeople I foudn the sonic cleanser was a bit tough on my skin so have cut donw to once a week. I went flaky with mine- which shows it works but is a tad harsh for every day

You've dragged me into S&B with this thread.

I have old scarring on my back. I have ordered this to see if it helps.

If my back falls off I'm blaming you lot

wherre the fuck is mine..am going to email the bastards

An unexpected surge in demand?

Mine took over a week to arrive and appeared on a day when I was unexpectedly off and could actually get it delivered They must have known.

I starting using the nightcream last night which was quite good. I'm going to Cilit Bang peel my face tommorrow night so if it all drops off at least I won't have to go into work.

ok so a bit of investigating and I know why it hasn't arrived

they've emailed me regarding my address but sent email to dh who neglected to read or inform me ...clearly he needs whipping

Get your own email address woman!

I have had an email regarding my address too. Have tried to reply but am having no luck ggirltwin, will be interested to see if you have a reply.
I am going to ring them in the morning.

NarkedPuffin- i do have my own email address,..aksherly, but they used the one linked to our paypal acct.

Smeggin' paypal

oh pinot, divorce-grounds fodder, non?

sorry can;t remember who asked about using moisturiser afterwards but the answer is no - just put decent oil on like sweet almond oil or jojoba oil etc.

i'm riddick excited that it's working for some of you. i def reckon all ye black-headed ones will see an improvement with the next peels.

my new skin has put a proper spring in my step despite no bloody sleep of late. i have to be conning myself but i even think i look less micro-jowly.

i'm too scared to do the under eye thing tho. i always thought it was different skin there somehow

I'm too scared to do eyes. It's thin skin there innit. It's a no from me

I did it last night, yy too scared to venture under eyes.

I has a coldsore on my chin which it seems to have annihilated; it has almost disappeared!

I'm dying to do it again. May try my décolleté in meantime.