Peels are nothing to be scared of! We customize peels to meet each person's needs. You can get a peel and have zero downtime, just a refreshed and glowing face!
If you are of a certain age, this Samantha, Sex and the City infamous scene might be what you think a chemical peel is...
but, it's not.
They've come a long way, baby!
I love peels, and people often ask me how I keep my 50+ year old skin looking radiant and I usually joke, ACID, IT IS ACID... but it's true.
I do peels often. But not the same peels.
Each month I do our NO DOWN TIME peel. These are amazing because they have virtually no downtime, are safe for everyone (except pregnant women), and are HYDRATING, plus they are highly personalized with multiple acids you can layer. You leave the spa looking radiant and dewy and over the next 2 weeks, your skin microscopically sheds away the dead, damaged outer layers.
A couple times a year, I do a heavy peel, one with a few days of peeling.
Acids have been used for thousands of years.
The first humans were out there trying to look better while worrying about hunting for food. They used things that are kinda nasty (urine for example). Cleopatra and so many other queens soaked in milk (for lactic acid), and on and on.
Peels in my life time used to be really caustic, stingy and miserable a la the Sex and the City image of Samantha above.
But, over the last decade, skin science made some leaps.
1. next gen acids - yes, we have new acids (thanks to Korean skincare) and these are GENTLE and HYDRATING!
2. an acid is not only measured by the acid type, or the % strength of the acid, the pH of the acid matters a lot and the pH is where we have advanced the most, making peels that have less inflammation (less irritation).
We have peels for:
MELASMA
ACNE
SUN DAMAGE/DISCOLORATION
AGING/LINES
SENSITIVE SKIN
SCARS
TEENS
ROSACEA
and combinations of any of the above!
Guess what?
We have peels that contain ZERO acid.
Yeah, so cool. Read more here.