Skin peels?

[NomDeOrdinateur]

If anybody has had a medium/deep skin peel and would be kind enough to share there experiences, I'd be very grateful as I'm (tentatively) looking into getting one in a few years. I'd be interested to know about costs, effectiveness on uneven skin tone and mild/moderate acne scarring, good places to get it done, complications etc.

Thanks in advance!

I've just had a course of Crystal Clear micro-dermabrasion, 6 for £150. Doesn't look enourmously different tbh, so a bit disappointed. Was inspired to try it cos a friend had it done, and it made quite a big difference to her.

Oh that's a shame, Parsley - it's so disappointing when that happens, isn't it? Thank you for the warning!

On the (slight) plus side, maybe your heightened awareness of where your "flaws" are means that you can't see the difference as clearly as other people can? Sort of like how you know where to look for the scuffs on your new shoes after a week, whereas to somebody else they would look perfect...?

I can live in hope

Crystal clear is rubbish and does nothing. You want to go for Obagi.

Foxy - thanks for the recommendation! Is Obagi much more effective than other at-home systems like the Bravura/Paula ones? The kind of peel I have in mind is the sort of thing that I expect you need a derm to administer, but I'm open to trying anything that won't hurt me and is likely to have the desired effect .

I second the obagi (nu derm) however it isn't a quick or easy fix. I followed the full process (up to 7 different lotions and potions morning and evening) probably spent c> £1k and for at least first 16 weeks looked like a serious burns victim. However, it did work - I had 3 raised patches of bumpy sun damaged skin (like raised dark moles, about 0.5 cm diameter, and they are gone, and all my uneven skin tone lessened and greasiness reduced.

I last used about 18 months, and will probably repeat again this winter, as although I have been religiously using factor 50 some discolourisation is returning not however the raised sun spots thank goodness)

I would only do in winter as skin is soooo light sensitive during treatment that any sun would be awful!

I often have microdermabrasion, but think of it more as a brighten up/advanced facial.

I think finding a good skin care professional you trust is the best starting point.

GandalfCat - gosh, that is a commitment! Wasn't it scary/painful to have your skin sloughing off like that? How much supervision did you have whilst using the products?

Also, if you don't mind me asking - is your skin much more sun-sensitive in the long term as a result of the treatment, or has it just always been that way?

Thank you for the reply - it's really good to hear that you were happy with the results.

I naturally have think greasy skin, so over the years it has been subjected to some fairly rough treatment.eg My skin care professional used her medical grade microderm machine at highest setting, and I emerge looking just a little flushed.

I have had a blue peel in the past; gave the same kind of side effects, but for a shorter period of time, and without the long-term skin improvements, so I was of the mind set that quick fixes hadn't worked, so I was going to give the nu-derm a fair try. I also knew that if this didn't get rid of the sun damage spots I would be considering surgery, and that would probably leave some scars.

There are times when it is a little painful, bit like sun-burn level of pain, and it tends to cycle through skin getting tighter and hotter for a few days, then peeling off for a few days, repeat for at least 16 weeks. The issue you will have if you have a job where you have to face people is that it is almost impossible to hide with make-up. I tried green tinged bases to tone down the red, but when they combined with the flakes of skin hanging off your face by mid-afternoon, it really wasn't a good look.

I timed it so I was working on a small, men only project team and they were all to petrified it was a weird girlie thing that they didn't know about, that not one of them mentioned it!

To answer your question, I don't think my skin is any more sensitive after than before, but I am religious about using a factor 50 base EVERY day nowadays, so difficult to say really.

And yes, my dermatologist prescribed for me (some parts of the "hard-core" regime have to be prescribed by Doctors in UK) and he then reviewed with me after 6 wks, 20 wks and thereafter whenever I wanted.

Shout if you think of other questions, I know it can be a bit scary.

Nom have you seen this thread?

If you aren't planning on having the treatment for a whole anyway then you would have nothing to lose from the home peels anyway.

I haven't tried it yet....was patiently waiting to finish breastfeeding. Finally stopped and then we got all this nice weather and I am scared to do it whilst it's so sunny! So am waiting for it to not be 'sunnyupnorth' anymore.

There is another related thread here