Did I do the TCA peel correctly??!!
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free skin care · Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:17 pm

No-ones skin is resistant to exfoliation. Acid peels are superficial, if they weren't you wouldn't be able to apply them at home. You will not get instant results from them, acid treatments and microdermabrasion all take months of regular use to show results. Deep acid peels (the kind that take weeks to heal and show quick results) need to be performed under medical supervision. Be patient and just establish a routine that will show results in about 3 months time.

Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:43 pm

I do regularly 12.5%, 18%, 21% TCA. What I have noticed, the prep is the key. Retin-A one month prior, BHA 2 weeks prior, 2 days before application - nothing. Wash face with a sponge and soap, almost like dishwasher soap. (that soap gives me frosting all the time).

free skin care · Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:21 pm

SoCalGal wrote:

I own an 8% TCA peel from MUAC but I'm too scared to try it.

I read a post elsewhere from a woman who got a 3rd degree burn - her face swelled up and turned red then brown then black and it took weeks for it to heal.

I'm afraid of that.

Also I get Keloid scars - does that mean my face will scar?

Please help if anyone knows the answers to this. I don't want to disfigure myself.

I got a first degree burn and hyper pigmentation from using a C serum! If you are scared, there may a good reason for it. Don't use it.

It concerns me deeply that very young women are reaching for TCA peels based on nothing more than their skin doesn't look like a models. Unless you are genetically pre-disposed for that kind of skin you won't find it in a bottle of
TCA. No matter how low the strength it's still an industrial chemical that your skin was never meant to be exposed to on a regular basis.

TCA use was developed by the dermatological community to treat specific skin ailments. It was never intended to be part of a skin care routine. I don't care how many people say it works for them I won't run the risk of putting this on my face at home.

Sadly, I do predict that in 15yrs time there will be a lot of people looking for a solution to the consequences of over-use of TCA. I am aware that TCA has been in safe medical use for decades. But how many medical patients are getting a TCA peel every 3 weeks for years on end? That usage of it has not been tested.

The other danger is that once someone has gotten used to a low concentration TCA peel they automatically reach for higher and higher concentrations. Either out of a misguided idea that it will produce better or faster results or because they think they've gotten immune to the lower strength variety. I know I am a lone voice in this, I guess only time will tell. In the meantime I won't be putting TCA on my skin.

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