Microdermabrasion

Chemical facial peel also known as chem-exfoliation or derma-peeling, is a technique to improve the appearance of your skin. In this treatment, a chemical solution is applied to the skin, causing it to “blister” and eventually peel off. The new, regenerated skin is usually smoother and less wrinkled than the old skin.

Facial chemical peels are helpful for you if you have facial blemishes, wrinkles and uneven skin pigmentation on your skin. If you present a skin which is severely damaged due to deep wrinkles, you can be a good candidate for the chemical facial peel.

Treatments with facial chemical peels are the best treatments for wrinkle free skin care, which works well for fine as well as for coarse wrinkles.

If you are suffering with fine and deep rhytids, uncontrollable acne, acne scars, ephelides, lentigines, telangiectasias and actinic keratoses, your skin is suitable for treatment with chemical facial peel.

Skin with dyschromia, premalignant skin tumors and acne scars can also be treated with chemical peeling. Chemical facial peel provides you the best skin care in all these cases.

Chemical Peel Guide

Chemical facial peels may also remove pre-cancerous skin growths, soften acne facial scars and even help control acne. Chemical peels are a good preventative regimen for cancerous skin care and are most often included as a part of skin cancer treatment.

Originally, only women with a fair complexion were the ideal candidates for deep chemical peels. However, there are phenol-based chemical peel techniques which can be safely performed on you, even if you have olive or dark skin.

Thick male skin is usually less responsive to a deep peel so this skin resurfacing procedure is not normally suitable for males.

Consultation with skin care specialists

If you are thinking of going for a chemical peel procedure, you should first fix a meeting with your skin care specialist. In the meeting your should discuss your expectations out of the facial chemical peel, your age, sun exposure history, any genetic predisposition to hypertrophic scars or keloids and also the issues such as chemical peel cost.

Skin type and color, ethnic background and age are important factors in determining which of the different chemical facial peel procedures is most appropriate for your skin. If you have problems such as allergies, previous burns, a history of poor scars, or radiation exposure, you may need special evaluation to determine if you are a good candidate for chemical facial peels or not. If you have had cold sores and blisters around the mouth, inform your surgeon of this condition as this could be a problem with some chemical peel techniques.

Do not hide anything from your skin care specialist and inform him or her about your scar formation history. While this is less of an issue with superficial chemical peels like glycolic acid peels, it is required with a more potent professional skin care regimen such as phenol peels. A thorough medical history, including surgeries such as facelifts, radiation treatments, dermabrasion and laser treatments, is definitely required by your skin care specialist.

Your facial skin care specialist may recommend a skin care regimen prior to the procedure for preparing your skin for more aggressive procedures or chemical peel. If you have extensive damage from aging or injury, he may recommend you more than one procedure - mixed peels, microdermabrasion or laser resurfacing to offer you the best results.

Facial chemical peel procedure can be performed on you even if you have hypertension, diabetes mellitus, thrombocytopenia, thyroid malfunction, as long as your disease is stable and in controlled state.

By: Catherine Halls

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Acne appears on the skin but disturbs people deeply. It has got more to do with the way it looks and the pain it brings along. For, it sometimes leaves behind severe scarring. The acne problem sometimes does not end with its disappearance, especially if one had been suffering from the inflammatory kind of acne. They tend to leave scars behind.

Normally, these scars heal by themselves over a period of time. However, sometimes they do not go away on their own. For such cases dermatologists have devised several methods to ensure that one doesn’t have to carry the scars around for long.

One of the techniques to remove scars is called ‘dermabrasion’. This treatment involves physical removal of the skin’s top layer. This method requires some healing, which means you need to take some time off work to let the healing process finish.

Another method, which is much like dermabrasion, is ‘micro-dermabrasion’. The physical scrapping is there in this method too but the layer of skin removed is very thin. Thus, one does not need to take time off from work for recovery.

Both of these methods are primarily based on the same principle of the removal of upper skin. They vary only in their intensity. Both of these methods have been found to be very effective in removing acne scars.

Acne scars are also removed through collagen injections. Collagen, being a part of natural human tissues, is easily accepted by the body when it is injected under the skin. It levels the skin and the scars are thus removed. The problem is that collagen breaks down with time and needs to be replaced periodically.

So, there are various ways to remove the scars. However, these treatments are advisable only after you have given a reasonable duration of time to the acne scars to heal on their own. Some of these treatments are quite expensive. So, it is important to consider your options keeping in mind the condition of your acne scars and the kind of skin you have. And last but never the least, the advice of your dermatologist matters a lot in deciding on the right method of acne scar removal for you.

By: Ashish Jain

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Not so long ago, if you had an acne problem for which nothing worked, the only other solution was to have a skin peel by a dermatologist. Now you can do your own medical grade peelings in the comfort of your home. Of these, TCA is the most recommended facial peel on the market.

TCA stands for Tricholoracetic Acid, which is a non-toxic chemical that has been safely used in such treatments for the past three decades. This is a deep peel that will remove acne scars from the skin, leaving it fresh and smooth, similar to an acne care system (http://www.vfhcinc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27).

Acne is not the only skin condition that you can treat with medical grade peelings of this nature. You can also benefit from this home skin treatment if you have wrinkles on your face, age spots, blackheads, skin damage caused by exposure to the sun or if your complexion is dull and you want to freshen it up. Through the peel, you will be able to unclog the deep pores of your skin so that you will have a clear complexion and lighten your skin to make you look years younger.

Before you undertake any medical grade peelings on your own, you should consult with your physician. This is especially true if you are taking any medications. Acutane, for example, is one medication that you should not take just before and just after you do a skin peel. It is also important not to use any exfoliating products for a few weeks before you plan the peel and you should stay out of the sun. This is also true of using a tanning salon.

There are two strengths in medical grade peelings (http://www.vfhcinc.com/procedures.html) that you can use at home, depending on your skin condition. You should choose the stronger peel if you have deep acne scars and wrinkles. the lighter formula has been diluted to be gentler on your skin and still give you the treatment you desire. The products come with detailed instructions that you must follow exactly as indicated.

Use a cotton swab to apply the lotion of medical grade peelings. Leave this on your face for two to four minutes and then rinse your face with lukewarm water to remove the lotion. Just splashing your face with the water and rubbing it with your hands is sufficient. You should never use a facecloth in the rinse process of the skin peel.

You will feel a tingling sensation when you apply the peel, but this will disappear once you rinse it off. If, after you do complete the rinse, you still feel a bit of discomfort, you can apply ice or cold clothes to your face. Your face will also look red, as if you have had a sunburn, but the redness will fade away in a few days.

Use only a mild cleanser when washing your face in the days just after medical grade peelings without the use of a facecloth. Use an oil free moisturizer and do not use any exfoliating products for at least a week. Be extra careful when you go outdoors to try to keep your face from sun exposure as much as possible.

A wide brimmed hat will help keep the sun off your face. You shouldn’t apply makeup for at least a week and try to use makeup containing natural ingredients rather than harsh chemicals. Drinking plenty of water will also be beneficial for your skin and help to replenish the moisture.

Once you do a medical grade peeling, you should wait four weeks before you do another one.

By: Sarah Martin

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tobes098 asked:

I’m a 17 year old guy is that too young to have microdermasion for small acne scars? Thanks for the advice.

Skin peeling or chemosurgery is the process of eliminating wrinkles and other skin imperfections by applying burning solutions on the face. Mild superficial peeling or deep peeling can be done by a beauti­cian or doctor using chemicals like resorcinol or phenol which burn away freckles and acne scars.

In mild peeling, the top layer of the skin (epidermis) is burned while deep peeling burns away the epidermis as well as the top layer of the dermis (the true skin and thick layer of living tissue that lies beneath the dermis).

A cotton swab or brush is used to apply the peeling chemicals on the skin, either on the entire face or parts of it. This causes a burning sensation and a scab to form on the skin. When this comes off after a few days, the face becomes pink and firm, giving one the impression that wrinkles and acne scars have disappeared. However, this is not so according to Deborah Chase in “The Non-Nonsense Beauty Book.”

“This rosy complexion is only the result of the temporary swelling of the face, a reaction to the burning effects of the so­lution. When the swelling sub­sides in a few days or weeks, lines and wrinkles reappear. Scars, however, are usually minimized and the skin tone improves because of the re­moval of any brown or tan discolorations,” Chase explained.

Who are most likely to bene­fit from skin peeling? In “Your Skin: A Dermatologist’s Guide to A Lifetime of Beauty and Health”, Dr. Fredric Haberman and Denise Fortino said fair skin responds well to chemical peeling while blacks and Orientals may be at risk for severe skin discoloration.

This is more likely to occur if one is exposed to direct or re­flected sunlight soon after un­dergoing chemical peeling. This is the reason why the person should stay out of the sun for six months — the time when the final results of chemosurgery are best seen.

Aside from being an expen­sive and painful procedure, chemical peeling has other risks. Here’s what Chase said:

“Even if the treatment is done by a skilled doctor, it can be difficult to control just how deep in the skin the solution will penetrate. Everyone has a dif­ferent skin thickness and even one person’s face has some ar­eas that are thinner than others. Thus, a solution that will peel off just the top layer in person A can cause scars in person B. By the same token, a solution used on different parts of person’s A body can result in different de­grees of burning.

“Scarring is not the only complication that can develop from face peeling. Hyper- or hypo pigmentation (splotches of dark or light coloring on the skin respectively) frequently develops after such treatments. There have been several deaths reported after treatments with phenol solution, which irrepa­rably damaged the kidneys. In addition, the croton oil used in deep peeling is a very powerful cancer-producing drug. It is widely used in cancer research laboratories to produce malig­nant tumors in experimental animals after only three or four applications on the skin,” Chase concluded.

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By: Sharon Bell

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rcklssdrvng asked:

How to heal scars caused by acne, without the over pricing of microdermabrasion,dermabrasion, and laser resurfacing.

craig asked:

getting mine tomorrow and im excited that my small acne scars could finally be gone but i heard that it doesnt always work so could somebody tell me how effective it is on acne scars i have a few small ones

Laser Acne Treatments is a solution for the most subtle acne and acne scars. Laser Acne Treatment acts by restructuring the surface of the skin thus allowing the subtle acne scars to fade away. This gives the treated person a fuller, newer and the beautiful skin.

Are you also tired of these subtle acne scars? Have you tried all the natural and prescribed remedies, but still have not got rid of them? Read on to find some of the tips that will be of great help to you if you are considering the option of Laser Acne Treatment. While considering this option for the treatment of the subtle scars it is better to look seriously into the procedures that will be conducted for Laser Acne Treatment. The complications involved in the procedure must be taken seriously.

Acne medications are available but there are no “quick fixes”. Some of the medications used to as acne treatment range from oral contraceptive, antibiotics and medications such as Isotretinoin and Nicotinamide. The oral contraceptive can help women who have hormonal imbalances - although not many women suffer from a hormonal imbalance but your doctor should be able to advise you further. Antibiotics can be effective but are not a long-term treatment as the body can not take antibiotics for a prolonged time. Medications such as Isotretinoin and Nicotinamide are usually prescribed for the more serious acne treatment. Isotretinoin can have harmful side effects such as a rash to severe depression, so this is not usually recommended.

Sebum is part of the oil that is found on the surface of the skin. Other ingredients of the oil on the skin are- sweat, lipids and environmental dirt. It is sebum, which contributes a lot to our body odor. Sebum itself is odorless but its bacterial disintegration produces odor. That is why if you keep your skin clean of bacteria with anti bacterial soaps regularly, you can reduce body odor to a great extent. Sebum reaches hair follicles and coats the hair and also reaches the skin through the hair follicles. Many people experience oily hair if hair is left unwashed for few days. That happens because of sebum. The Latin meaning of sebum is fat.

How sebum is produced- sebum is produced by sebaceous glands. These glands are found on most parts of the body. Except few, most sebaceous glands open into a hair follicle. These are the sites of acne formation.

What does sebum do- sebum protects skin from bacterial infection. Sebum also reduces the natural water loss of body from the skin. Increased sebum production can cause acne.

Microdermabrasion for acne is not necessarily a miracle cure; it is more of an affirmative measure to perform what your body does naturally. A precaution should be taken to not use mechanical microdermabrasion when you have an active outbreak (whiteheads present) as the process may puncture the pimple and spread the bacteria.

By utilizing microdermabrasion for acne, you can effectively remove the layers of skin that are trapping bacteria-causing acne without harmful chemicals. A treatment will extricate the bacteria and result in the newer skin cells reaching the top layer, while removing the dead skin and producing virtually acne free skin.

Proper eating habits include eating those foods that are healthy for your body. While greasy foods have been discounted as a cause of acne, processed foods and refined sugars are not good for the body and the skin is no exception. Eat foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals. Those foods highest in antioxidants are said to help improve skin conditions, including the condition of acne. Drink plenty of water to keep your skin hydrated and flush toxins from your system.

By: Tom Smith

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hardxcoregamer asked:

I have slightly deep pitted acne scars.
I went to a plastic surgeon and I was going to get laser done.. but he said I’m a 6 on a scale of 1-10 on the severeness 10 being most severe.. and he really wanted to punch grafts and then dermabrasion. I’ve heard a lot of bad/awful/horrible stuff about dermabrasion so I don’t know if I should? My parents are scaring me about it but on the other hand I’ve talked to people who like it? Laser apparently was not an option because the scarring was too deep. Any advice?
I’ve already taken accutane for a year! The acne is GONE, I have deep pitting acne scars and post acne marks.

While most leave acne behind with their teenage years, some carry the scars of their acne through their adult life. Since these scars can have an affect on the bearer’s self confidence and self image, it is important to learn to deal with these scars.

Perhaps the first step in dealing with acne scars is avoiding them in the first place. Once acne scars exist, it is extremely hard to get rid of them. Here are some tips to help avoid the acne scar, information on different types of scars and removal methods for the acne scar.

The first line of defense against the acne scar is to properly treat breakouts of acne when they first appear. Without acne, it is impossible to have an acne scar. With the number of acne medications now available there is no reason for acne sufferers not to receive proper treatment.

Another note for acne sufferers who don’t wish to live with scars - resist the urge to pop your pimples. This action can cause more damage to the skin and can actually make scars worse.

When dealing with the acne scar, there are two main types of scars. These are the ice-pick type scar and the keloid scar. The ice-pick scar is a depressed area that looks like damage that may have been done by an ice-pick. Keloid scars are raised areas caused by the build up of collagen in the skin resulting in a raised mass. Staining of the skin by acne is often confused with acne scars. Unlike scars, however, staining fades over time and may even disappear completely.

Removal of an acne scar can be a complex and costly procedure. Some of the more well known methods include dermabrasion, laser resurfacing, chemical peels, punch techniques and augmentation.

Dermabrasion, which is a surgical scraping of the skin, works well on shallow acne scars. However, this procedure will set you back about $1,500 per treatment. In laser surgery, layers of damaged skin are removed using a laser. This procedure can cost $3,000 or more per treatment. Chemical peels are a less expensive option, coming in at $750 each treatment. These peels, however, are only effective on the most minor acne scar.

Two options for ice-pick scars include punch techniques and augmentation. In the punch techniques, the acne scar is surgically “punched” out using an appropriately sized biopsy tool. The remaining skin is stitched together resulting in a smaller scar that is more receptive to dermabrasion or other resurfacing techniques.

In augmentation, a substance, either collagen or the person’s own fat, is injected under the scar to bring it to level with the rest of the skin. Again, this procedure is costly and the results are only temporary, repeated procedures are required.

Although acne scars can be removed, the procedures are costly and the results may not be the same as undamaged skin. The best way to avoid the acne scar is to get proper treatment for your acne as soon as possible. Also don’t pick at, squeeze or attempt to pop your acne as this can make scarring worse.

By: Riley Hendersen

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