Blackheads
Improves Skin Tone
Improves Skin Texture & Hydration
Rosacea
Milia
Age Spots & Pigmentation
Shallow Acne Scaring
Glycolic Acid has long been a first line product of the finest spas and Dermatology offices for improving the skin. Glycolic Acid used by many if not most of Hollywood’s most famous faces (women AND men!) and the Rodeo Drive clientele who can afford the best that money can buy. These peels will cost from $75.00 +++ PER PEEL at your Dermatologist’s office or your local high end spa. Now you can do these peels at home safely and with fantastic results. This is an ideal peel for beginning peelers. After peeling your skin will be feel softer, look smoother, pore less, with improved texture and tone and reduced hyperpigmentation (sun damage). Skin Peels are versatile tools that are used to resurface the upper layers of your skin by loosening the bonds between the dead skin cells that dull your skin, while stimulating the collagen beneath the skin to form and align, which in turn plumps up the fine lines and scars from below the surface.
Glycolic Acid is a naturally occurring chemical belonging to the Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA) family. Derived from sugar cane, this important AHA is the smallest of the fruit acids and is able to penetrate the skin, allowing it to effectively dissolve the "glue" that holds dead cells on the surface of the skin. The dead skin cells are what cause a dull, uneven skin tone, and the blocking of pores leading to blackheads and acne. This dissolving action of the Glycolic Acid allows the dead cells to slough off, leaving behind a smoother skin surface with clear pores. This also helps stimulate collagen formation under the skins surface which helps plump up the skin from beneath, smoothing out fine surface wrinkles and superficial scars.
Our 20% Glycolic Acid Peel is a mild glycolic acid peel and is suitable for all skin types and both beginning and experienced peelers who would like to maintain their results from stronger peels. There may be some redness right after the peel, but generally there is not much if any actual peeling. The 20% is very safe when used as directed, but is a strong, professional strength peel (pH 2) and should be used only as directed.
As with all products, a patch test is recommended to see how your skin reacts to the peel.