Chemical Peels & Resurfacers

• Resurfacers are mild peels,  superficial exfoliating treatments, meaning that they work on the very top layer of the skin and use enzymes and acids to refine and exfoliate.
• Resurfacers generally have little-to-no downtime following treatment.
• Chemical Peels will also exfoliate and address a wide variety of concerns, yet they have the ability to penetrate the mid to lower levers of the epidermis, delivering stronger, extended results.
• Chemical peels are so active and deeply penetrating, a downtime of up to 10 days can be expected.

Your appointment will be approx 30-45 minutes.

After one chemical peel or resurfacer treatment, your overall skin tone and complexion will appear smoother, fresher and more radiant.

With some chemical peels you may feel as if your skin looks worse before it looks better after the initial peel – Don’t panic, this is normal. Any concerns please speak with Becky.

There will be a noticeable reduction in break outs, blemishes and signs of ageing. Depending on the severity of skin conditions to be addressed, multiple treatments may be necessary to achieve the desired results.

A series of 3 chemical peel treatments applied once every 4 weeks or a series of six resurfacer treatments taken at 2 week intervals will usually allow for optimal results. Provided the skin is maintained with good quality skin care products as recommended at your initial consultation, your skin improvement following treatment will be long-lasting.

DermaQuest chemical peels and resurfacer treatments are completely safe and non-invasive. The sensation of chemical peels and resurfacers will vary from person to person due to skin tolerance, skin condition, severity of a skin complaint and the strength of the peel.

The skin may heat up, feel tight and tingly. This is perfectly normal.

With a full chemical peel it may feel incredibly hot but the solution self neutralises so this normally only lasts for up to 3 minutes – This is a good sign that the active ingredients are penetrating and getting to work on rejuvenating the lower layers of the skin.

After your treatment, resurfacers generally have little-to-no downtime, you may find some dry patches or flaky skin.

Up to 10 days of downtime should be expected after undergoing a full chemical peel treatment.

Immediately after the chemical peel or resurfacer treatment your skin may feel warm, red and tight.

After resurfacers these side effects usually subside in a day or two.

Chemical peels induce a significant amount of peeling of the skin at the treatment site on days 2-7, which usually resolves itself by days 8-10.

For body treatments, approx 4-6 sessions.

For chin treatments, approx 1-3 sessions.