What are Skin Peels?

Chemical skin peels are specially prepared lotions, which remove the outer cells of the skin. At the Cosmetic Surgery About Face Clinic we restrict ourselves to mild or medium depth skin peels and do not recommend strong skin peels for safety reasons.

The lotions are applied direct to the skin in varying strengths. Typically one would use a mild preparation on the first occasion. Based upon how you recover we may increase the strength of the skin peel to match your skin type. Sometimes we may combine 2 different skin peels depending upon your needs and skin type.

Mild to medium strength chemical skin peels are popular because they have a high safety margin but provide effective results. Many patients benefit from a series of several skin peels at 2-4 weekly intervals. This provides a chance for the skin to recover.

Although extremely uncommon, people may react to chemical skin peels and complications can occur. Excessive redness and peeling of the skin, Infection, Hypopigmentation (lightening of the skin colour), Hyperpigmentation (darkening of the skin colour) and scarring have been reported.