SALICYLIC ACID PEEL 20% and 30% AKA BETA HYDROXYACID

OCCURS NATURALLY IN THE BARK OF THE WILLOW TREE. FORMULATED PREPARATIONS WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF SALICYLIC ACID WILL GENTLY EXFOLIATE THE DEAD CELLS ON THE SURFACE OF HiE SKIN TO REVEAL FRESH SKIN UNDERNEATH. SALICYLIC ACID THEN STIMULATES THE SKINS NATURAL PROCESSES TO PROMOTE REGENERATION AND RENEWAL OF THE SKIN, PROMOTING A MORE YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE.

BENEFITS: VISIBLE RESULTS

• A. FINE LINES AND WRINKLES BECOME LESS APPARENT
• B. SKIN TONES EVENS OUT, UNEVEN PIGMENTATION
• C. SKIN TEXTURE BECOMES MORE REFINED
• D. OILY OR ACNE PRONE SKIN IS IMPROVED
• E. ENLARGED PORES APPEAR SMALLER
• F. SUPERFICIAL SCARS APPEAR REDUCED
• G. SKIN APPEARS HEALTHIER AND MORE YOUTHFUL, FEELS SOFTER AND SMOOTHER
• H. NO DOWN TIME, SKIN IMMEDIATELY LOOKS AND FEELS SMOOTHER AND TIGHTER
• I. LIFTS DEAD CELLS OFF SURFACE OF SKIN AND STIMULATES REPRODUCTION OF NEW ;CELLS.

PRE PEEL INSTRUCTIONS

A WEEK BEFORE YOUR PEEL, AVOID THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS AND PROCEDURES

• A. RETINOL
• B. TRETINOIN (RETIN-A, RENOVA, OR AVITA)
• C. OTHER RETINOIDS, (DIFFERIN OR TAZORAC)
• D. WAXING
• E. ELECTROLOSIS
• F. MASKS
• G. LOOFAH (OR ANY OTHER EXFILIATING PRODUCTS)
• H. ANY PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE DRYING OR IRRITATION (INCLUDING PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN SALICYLIC ACID OR HYDROXYACID, SUCH AS GLYCOLIC ACID)

THE PEEL PROCEDURE

• A. WE ASK THAT YOU REM,O VE YOUR CONTACT LENSES BEFORE THE PEEL
• B. REMOVE ALL MAKE UP AND CLEANS FACE.( WE PROVIDE MAKE UP REMOVER AND GENTLE CLEANSER)
• C. APPLICATION OF THE PEEL TAKES ABOUT 2 MINUTES.
• D. AFTER PEEL IS APPLIED YOU WILL EXPERIENCE MILD STINGING AS THE PEEL PENETRATES YOUR SKIN. THIS LASTS ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
• E. THE PEEL STAYS ON YOUR FACE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN YOU WILL RINSE IT OFF.
• F. AFTER THE PEEL, YOU MAY EXPERIENCE SOME TINGLING. THIS IS NORMAL.

AFTER THE PEEL

• A. FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE PEEL, YOU MAY EXPERIENCE YOUR SKIN FEELS VERY TIGHT, THIS IS YOUR SKINS NATURAL REACTION TO THE PEEL.
• B. NEXT 3 TO 7 DAYS YOUR SKIN MAY APPEAR RED, YOU MAY HAVE SLIGHT STINGING, BURNING OR ITCHING.
• C. YOUR SKIN MAY BEGIN TO PEEL HO 4 DAYS AFTER THE PEEL
• D. THE PEEL STIMULATES YOUR SKIN TO IMPROVE THE RATE AT WHICH IT PRODUCES NEW CELLS AND SHEDS OFF OLD ONES.
• E. WHETHER YOU PEEL OR NOT IS DETERMINED BY HOW FAST YOUR SKIN ADAPTS TO THE PEEL.

POSSIBLE NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO SALICYLIC ACID PEEL

• A. TREATMENT MAY CAUSE A FLARE OF HERPES SIMPLEX (COLD SORES) IN PATIENTS W/ HX OF HERPES SIMPLEX
• B. AN ACNE FLARE
• C. MILD SKIN INFLAMMATION
• D. TEMPORARY SPOTS OF INCREASED OR DECREASED PIGMENTATION THAT WILL NATURALLY RESOLVE THEMSELVES W/IN FOUR WEEKS.
• E. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SKIN SENSETIVITY.
• F. CONSIDERABLE PEELING.

POST PEEL DIRECTION

1. APPLY A MILD MOISTURIZING LOTION SUCH AS DML TWICE A DAY OR AS NEEDED.
2. MAKE SURE TO USE SUNSCREEN AND AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUN
3. DO NOT SCRUB FACE AND USE A GENTLE SOAP LESS CLEANSER LIKE CETAPHIL.
4. RESIST ANY URGE TO PEEL, PICK OR SCRATCH, THIS COULD CAUSE SCARRING.
5. DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER FACIAL TREATMENTS FOR A WEEK

ADDITIONAL PEELS

• A. PEELS CAN BE SCHEDULED 4 TO 6 WEEKS APART.
• B. WE RECOMMEND STARTING WITH A SERIES OF 3.

PATIENTS AT GREATER RISK OF ADVERSE REACTIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING . MAKE SURE TO NOTIFY YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS

• A. PATIENTS WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN
• B. HERPES SIMPLEX (COLD SORES) OR ANY OTHER VIRAL INFECTION
• C. COLLAGEN DISEASE OR AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER
• D. ACCUTANE (ISOTRETINOIN) USERS
• E. RECENTLY HAD PLASTIC SURGERY
• F. RECENT CHEMICAL PEEL
• G. RADIATION TREATMENT
• H. ALLERGIES
• I. SUN SENSETIVITY
• J. ATOPIC SKIN REACTIONS
• K. SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
• L. ECZEMA