What is chemical peel?
Peeling means quick and controlled removal of the external surfaces of your skin, by local application of substances (mostly organic acids) that can break the bonds that hold the cells together. According to the power of the keratolytic agent used, peeling can be superficial, medium or deep.
The superficial peeling and the soft peeling immediately make he surface of the skin brighter, through the removal of the stratum corneum, , which also acquires a greater smoothness. All pictures related to skin aging, from the earliest to the most advanced may be improved with soft-peel. Such therapy is inserted into a larger program, from time to time based on the basis of the patient's problems,emerged after a skin check up, a diagnostic procedure that must be prior to any corrective treatment of your face. Aimed at normalising the physiology of the skin, through the regular use of appropriate cosmetics, hygienic and preventive measures are always necessary. In the field of dermatology, some procedures are considered to be among those therapies which can contribute to improve the acne.
Execution mode
Peeling is performed in single treatments at about15-30 days intervals. The number of sessions can change according to the objective to be achieved, the chemical agent which is used and the individual response. During the session, the acid has to be applied using a brush or a cotton pledget; the patient will feel a burning feeling, of variable intensity, depending on the degree of individual perception, which disappears as soon as the acid is neutralized. It will be replaced by a perception of heat, connected to local vasodilatation. The discomfort is usually very well tolerated.
Which results can be expected from peeling?
With a soft peeling is to be expected: a higher gloss, smoothness and elasticity of the surface of the skin; a slight reduction in the diameter of the follicular (the "pores"); greater uniformity in the colour of the skin, with a mitigation of hyperpigmentation (especially if peelingis repeated and the use of depigmenting products is associated), a mitigation of fine wrinkles. You can not predict the extent of these improvements, since the quality of the response and the number of treatments required to achieve depend on many factors, such as the type of initial impairment, age, theindividual reactivity, environmental conditions, style of life.
Mandelic acid
Mandelic acid is part of a large family of compounds that can be found in nature and are called alpha-hydroxy acids. Because many of them grow out of fruit, they are also called "fruit acids". The mandelic acid can be effective without inducing, with its action, burning or redness immediately. It acts in relation to its concentration, promoting the cell turnover. It also has antibacterial and “depigmenting” properties. It is suggested for sensitive skin.
Glycolic Acid
It is part of a family of naturally occurring compounds also called alpha-hydroxy acids. Since many of them can be extracted from plants, they are also called "fruit acids." Glycolic acid, in particular, is contained in sugar cane. The formulations based on glycolic acid act in different ways, in relation to their concentration, to the not buffered(ie non-neutralized) degree of acidity and the time spent on the skin. In low concentrations (4-15%), applied on daily basis, in the form of cosmetic preparation, glycolic acid is able to remove only the most superficial squamette corneas, already partially raised, helpful to produce the optical effect of brightness. In addition, the cosmetics based on glycolic acid are able to increase the capacity of the proteins of the epidermis to retain water, increasing, in this way, 'skin hydration. At high concentrations (30-90%), glycolic acid causes the separation of epidermal cells deeper, allowing to realize the peeling medical-aesthetic.
Pyruvic acid
The pyruvic acid is an alpha keto acid highly lipophilic, which allows the penetration in the hairsebaceous follicle, the headquarters of acne; although it has a superficial action, it produces an exfoliating effect at corneal level. It also enhances an intense stimulation of the germ layer , thereby promoting the cell renewal process of the skin. Pyruvic acid also has some anti-microbial properties that make it particularly indicated in cases of acne even in the active phase.
Salicylic Acid
Salicylic acid is a similar molecular acetylsalicylic acid, better known as aspirin. Although the Salicylic acid has also a superficial action it produces an exfoliating effect at corneal level, bigger than any other chemical agent. It stimulates the germ layer renewal process of the skin. The salicylic acid also has antimicrobial properties that make it particularly indicated in cases of acne even in the active phase.
Trichloroacetic Acid
TCA is a peel chemical agent able to produce a superficial skin exfoliation stimulating the separation of the “dead" skin in about 10 days. The TCA chemically destroys the superficial skin cells and stimulates the deep layers to replace the exfoliated cells. If repeated at short intervals of time and if used in higher concentrations it can act at a deeper level thus stimulating the collagen remodeling in the following months to the treatment .
8-10 days to recover a normal life.
Peeling PRX-T33
It is a peeling using trichloroacetic acid, at high concentration, absolutely not aggressive due to the presence of hydrogen peroxide which modulates the action. It allows the stimulation of the skin and the action is on the chrono and photoaging, contrasting the loss of firmness of face, neck and chest. It is also recommended in the treatment of acne on skin and thanks to the presence of the kojic acid which has a depigmenting action, may have some usefulness in the treatment of skin dyschromia . The standard protocol envisages about 5 weekly sessions; generally, it is well tolerated, giving only a slight reddening at the end of the session and a slight exfoliation in the following days and it is not photosensitizing.