I had a slow start : trying to drink much more water than I normally do per day & cutting down on my coffee intake, was and is, as I suspected, HARD! Hard, but do-able.
Monday mornings' Dermalogica Deep Cleanse facial @ Chianti's consisted of the normal cleansing and massage, steam, extractions, mask and moisturize. I was happy with the cleanliness of the result and afterwards I took a long good look in the mirror...
It seemed to me that after the hormonal changes of being pregnant 2 times and over- exposure to the elements when I was younger, left some discoloration marks on my skin - not necessarily pigmentation, more like an uneven skin tone. I decided to book a light chemical peel for yesterday (Friday) morning.
What a chemical peel is and what it does:
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A 20%, 40% or 70% solution of lactic or glycolic acid is applied evenly onto the face to exfoliate the top layer of dead skin cells. It's perfect for hyperpigmentation (very dark areas), active acne & generally dull-looking skin.
The acid stays on your skin for 15min - 60min (ONLY TO BE DONE BY A CERTIFIED SKINCARE PROFESSIONAL WITH THE APPROPRIATE QUALIFICATIONS TO DO CHEMICAL PEELS).
For permanent results, this treatment should be repeated for about 4 times - spaced 3 to 4 weeks apart.
During the treatment your skin burns a little bit - it's a tolerable burn, almost feeling like an itch. Afterwards your skin can be red and scaly for a few days, but when it heals, the result is gorgeous!
It:
- smooths wrinkles and improves sundamaged skin
- rejuvenates & regenerates
- removes solar keratoses 'sun spots', 'age spots', 'liver spots'
- repairs & Re-elastisizes thin, fragile, damaged skins
- helps eliminate and control pigmentation, restoring normal colour
- helps uneven skin tone, smooths uneven texture
- helps eliminate and control active acne and improves old acne scarring
- helps level and smooth coarse, lumpy, hypertrophic and keloid scars
- improves flexibility and mobility of hard scarred skin
- in certain cases improves function of old scarred areas on the face & body
- helps normalize pigmented or blemished areas following - Laser or Liquid nitrogen treatment
- removes years of damage on even the most sensitive skins
- clearing and tightening of pores
- benefits ALL SKIN TYPES - sensitive, young, mature, white, black, asian, male, female
The cost of this treatment is between R 300 and R 500. Normally you can get a 20% peel for R 300, a 40% peel for R 400 and a 70% for R 500.
For a first timer I would recommend a 20%. Once you're used to the feeling, go for the most effective 40%.
Today my skin is red and flaky around the more sensitive nose area. Not so much that I cannot leave the house. And I can already see a huge difference in the texture of my skin.
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