Who is a Good Candidate for a Chemical Peel?
By Guljeet Sohal | Published on October 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dr. Guljeet Sohal is the owner of Balle Bliss, a luxury med spa based in her hometown of Cypress, Texas. Her goal is to bring specialized, personalized care back into the practice of medicine, and to offer clients an experience they’ll want to return to again and again. Here, she discusses the use of safe, gentle chemical peels.
Anybody is a good candidate for a chemical peel because at Balle Bliss med spa we carry the PCA line of gentle chemical peels. That’s the name of a special skin care line which has different types of safe peels that are nonirritating, with each one designed for a different skin type.
Types of skin that pertain to this line range anywhere from Skin Type One to Skin Type Six, which is a color gradation system with one being the lightest. So different peels cater for different types of skin, and correspondingly to different types of skin problems.
PCA peels are made from salicylic acid, a beta-hydroxy acid found in a variety of natural substances such as willow bark. It works by helping get rid of the top layer off dead skin cells gently, revealing fresher, softer skin underneath.
Here are the various problems with our specific line of PCA peels will help:
- Acne: The PCA Acne Peel will calm down skin and clean out pores. It has an antibacterial serum that will penetrate deep into your pores to help get rid of the bacteria that causes acne.
- Hyper-pigmentation: This is the medical term for what people commonly refer to as age spots, or the pigmented spots which often appear after pregnancy. The peels we use to treat this are based on hydro-phenols, a bleaching cream which helps smooth the pigmentation in your face and give it a nice glow.
- Anti-aging: Based on glycolic acid and vitamin C, these are antioxidant peels which help improve the appearance of fine lines, as well as improve the skin sagging that so often accompanies aging.
- Sensitive skin: Sensi peels are great for people with very sensitive skin who for that reason cannot use a lot of chemicals. All the peel which fall into this category are hypoallergenic and are good for sensitive skin types.
- Getting that glow: Our pumpkin peels are something special we have for the holidays, they are peels which exfoliate, or get rid of the top layer of dead skin cells on the surface of your skin, and therefore give you a brightness and a glow.
At Balle Bliss med spa, our PCA skin peels are actually different than the chemical peels most people are used to having carried out on their face. There are soft neutralizing peels, which means that they are incredibly kind to skin. The sebum or oil in your skin neutralizes the acid, so we don’t actually clean it off. It is neutralized itself by your skin’s own oil.
As a result, the peeling and redness people associate normally with chemical peels is not as dramatic with these peels. Within 15 minutes, usually the redness is gone, and we can supply makeup. So you leave our med spa looking like you haven’t had anything done at all, until you see the beautiful result on your face.
The information in the article is not intended to substitute for the medical expertise and advice of your healthcare provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care with an appropriate healthcare provider.
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