Chemical Peels For Acne And Anti Aging: 3rd TCA Chemical Peel

I applied my third TCA chemical peel (25%) on Friday evening. It’s now Monday, and I’m peeling pretty aggressively now, but it started this morning with just a crack.

This is day 4, so I’m planning to hide out. Wish this weren’t part of the process, but it is and the best way to deal with it is to avoid making plans. Clean the house, do laundry, paint those scuffed walls…whatever you can do to keep busy and stay in the house.

This picture is just after I woke, before applying moisturizer; you can see that the skin is just starting to crack:

This is late afternoon. I’ve been applying moisturizer all day, along with doing lots around the house, so it has been a productive day, even though I’ve been hiding. It’s been helpful to stay busy–it keeps me from pulling off the peeling skin, which can damage the new skin. I tried to think of it was a natural barrier between me and those pesky UV rays. Tomorrow I’ll have to don sunscreen, so I’m enjoying this day without that step–and all those other steps.

This picture is just before bed. Most of the frontal peeling is done. Just the sides tomorrow, but I’ll easily be able to go out with moisturizer and sunscreen.