Glycolic peeling

To improve the appearance of the skin and erase the traces of past years from the face, modern cosmetology offers many ways. These procedures allow you to get a long-term and most effective result. Peeling with glycolic acid is one of such modern methods.

Peeling with glycolic acid

A similar procedure affects the skin in their surface layers. One of the advantages of glycolic peeling is the absence of age restrictions. All women and even young girls over 15 years old are allowed to use glycolic peels.

Particles of glycolic acid, passing into the layers of the skin, cause an antioxidant effect, moisturize the skin, start the process of renewing skin cells, and also stimulate the formation of elastin and other substances beneficial to the skin. As a result, the appearance of the skin is significantly improved, small wrinkles are completely eliminated, and pronounced folds become smaller.

Glycolic peeling will be necessary in such cases:

• To prepare the skin for other treatments.
• Pronounced pigmentation and dull shade.
• The presence of acne.
• Incipient wrinkles, irregularities and other signs of skin aging.
• Ingrown hairs present.
• Increase in the thickness of the stratum corneum.

It is not permissible to do glycolic peeling for women, during pregnancy and nursing mothers, as well as with wounds on the skin, inflammation, moles, warts, rosacea.

Glycolic peeling at home

This procedure is carried out in the salon, but if this is not possible, then it is quite possible to carry out glycolic peeling on your own.

It is best to start preparing for the peeling in just a few days so that the procedure itself is successful and without complications. As a preparatory procedure for the skin for peeling, apply a product containing glycolic acid in a low percentage concentration (no more than 4%) every night. It can be a special tonic or cream. This will make the keratinized skin thinner, and the peeling itself will work better.

The ingredients required for peeling with glycolic acid can be purchased at a specialized cosmetic store or in a pharmacy chain:

• Lotion for degreasing the skin.
• Peeling composition.
• Mask for a soothing effect.
• Neutralizing agent.
• Moisturizing cream.

Before the procedure, cleanse your face from makeup and sebum. To do this, apply lotion. It will remove the sebum layer so that the glycolic acid can penetrate the skin. Now apply the glycolic acid diluted to the desired concentration. Use a wide brush or just a cotton pad for application. Begin to lubricate the skin with a special composition from the forehead, gradually going down to the chin. Be careful not to get the composition on the lips and skin of the eyelids. Do not expose to acid for more than five minutes. But if you feel a strong burning sensation sooner or suddenly swelling and a clear redness, then shorten the exposure time.

Now wash off the acid with a special neutralizer. This tool has a slightly alkaline environment. Wipe the skin well with a cotton pad dipped in a neutralizer. Now wash your face with cool water. In the salon, you would be offered saline solution instead of water, so that the water-salt balance is restored faster. After washing, apply a soothing mask to your face, and then lubricate the skin with moisturizing cream.

In the following days, intense peeling of the skin will begin. Never try to peel off the flaking pieces. The whole process must take place naturally, otherwise scars will remain. During the recovery period, protect your face from sun exposure with special creams with a high protective factor. Don't go to saunas baths, solariums... Do not use makeup, lubricate the skin with a regenerating cream.

It is best to do a few glycol peels. Optimum will be 3 or 4 treatments every seven days. This will achieve the best effect. For a month after glycolic peeling, do not use a solarium or sunbathe in the sun.

Glycolic peeling: before and after

The glycolic peeling procedure is often practiced by many cosmetologists. Comparing photos of clients taken before and after peeling with glycolic acid, one can note significant improvements in skin condition. Judge for yourself.

Glycolic peeling: reviews

Many women note that it is best to carry out the glycolic peeling procedure at a time when the sun is not active, that is, in spring and autumn. During the application of glycolic acid to the skin, many women experience unpleasant sensations - burning, tingling and redness, but after neutralizing the acid, these symptoms gradually subside.

Peeling in most women begins on the second or third day after peeling. At the same time, the skin acquires a light shade, a healthy shine appears. Unlike other types of peels, the healing process is faster. As a result, the skin on the face gains elasticity and becomes more elastic, fine wrinkles, freckles and darkening disappear. The effect of the peeling procedure lasts for many months.

Considering all the positive reviews, we can safely recommend peeling with glycolic acid for doing it yourself at home. It is only important to follow all the rules for the use of drugs.