Skin Resurfacing and Chemical Peels.
What are they?
Our professional skin resurfacing treatments and peels contain acids naturally derived from sour milk, sugar cane and winter green. We use acids in varying strengths to suit all skin types and conditions from sensitive to acne and young to more mature skin.
What are they used to treat?
Skin resurfacing may be used for cosmetic reasons, such as erasing wrinkles around the mouth or eyes. It also may be done as a medical treatment, such as removing precancerous lesions. Doctors sometimes combine techniques, using dermabrasion or laser resurfacing on some areas of the face, while performing achemical peel on other areas.
Laser skin resurfacing is the most recently developed technique for skin resurfacing. Specially designed, pulsing lasers can vaporize skin layer by layer without damaging nearby skin tissue. Special scanning devices move the laser lightacross the skin in predetermined patterns. Laser resurfacing can be used toremove wrinkles around the eyes, mouth, and cheeks, but smile lines tend to reappear after laser resurfacing. Laser resurfacing works best as a spot treatment; patients expecting complete removal of their wrinkles will not be satisfied.
How do they work?
When the Skin resurfacing treatment takes place it starts the work of removing dead cells from the surface of the skin. This treatment tends to penerate deep into layers of skin where hair follicles, sebaceous glands and collagen are present.
How is it performed?
On the day of treatment the practitioner prepares the skin by cleansing before applying the chosen peel with a fan brush. This is then left on the skin for approx 10 minutes after which the peel is removed and the skin is then soothed. Professional products are applied to the skin and aftercare advice will be given. If the skin is not correctly cared for following a chemical peel there is a risk that problems such as scarring can occur.
Aftercare
It is very important that the area treated is protected from sun exposure for at least four weeks following treatment
Over the next few days, dead skin will peel away. Patients should wash their skin often with a mild cleanser and cool water, and then apply an ointment to keep skin moist. After a medium-depth peel, the skin turns deep redor brown and crusts may form. Care is similar to that following a superficialpeel. Redness may persist for a week or more. Deep-peeled skin will turn brown and crusty, and there may be swelling and some oozing. Frequent washing and ointments are better than bandages. The skin typically heals in about two weeks, but redness may persist.
Cost
This will depend on whether your Practitioner recommends a course of peels or a single treatment.
| Treatment | Price | Pre-Paid Course of 3 |
| Pumpkin Peel | £65 | - |
| Power Pumpkin | £95 | - |
| Power Peptide | £95 | - |
| Salicylic Resurfacer | £80 | - |
| Daily Enzyme Mask | £50 | - |
| Glycolic Peel | £60 | £150 |