Chemical Peels

Get younger, more beautiful-looking skin during your lunch break!

With optiphi’s chemical peels, there is no downtime and no need to keep a low profile. The only people who will know you had a peel will be yourself and your therapist, especially as you see the continuous subtle improvements.

Duration:

All you need is ±45-60 minutes for the Chemical Peeling Treatment.

How will my skin look afterwards?

After the optiphi treatment, your skin will feel and look refined and refreshed – no downtime required!

How long before I see results?

Your skin will immediately start looking better, but it might not be as obvious to you as to the trained eye of your therapist. Since it works from the inside out, you’ll start to see positive effects in a few days.

What are the benefits of a peel?

• Evens out skin tone
• Helps to reverse sun damage
• Aids in the management of acne
• Smooths fine lines and wrinkles
• Assists with the Treatment of age spots
• Boosts collagen production

The optiphi 30|30 Peel is an ingenious combination of 30% Glycolic Acid, 30% Ascorbic Acid and Glycyrrhetinic Acid.

This trio of acids, synergistically and directly targets the signs of UV-induced aging. 

Ascorbic Acid and Glycolic Acid offer a host of anti-pigmentation and anti-aging benefits, such as aiding skin immunity, boosting collagen production and protection, reinforcing the skin's barrier and minimizing skin sensitivity and redness commonly resulting from UV exposure.

The addition of the potent anti-oxidant, Glycyrrhetinic Acid to the peel formulation, delivers a powerful calming effect on the skin. It reduces skin sensitivity and redness by targeting the inflammatory pathways, in turn assisting in reducing post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation.

Benefits:

• Alleviates skin sensitivity and redness
• Targets sun damage, pigmentation and uneven skin tone
• Refines skin texture and pore-size
• Recovers skin hydration and suppleness
• Improves elasticity and firmness
• Reduces fine lines and wrinkles
• Reinforces the skin's protective barrier
• Enhances skin radiance and vitality

 What is the Patch Test?

With whatever peel you start with, discuss with your aesthetician doing a patch test first. 

For the patch test:

1. Apply a small amount of product on your skin in a discreet area, like the inside of your wrist or your inner arm.

2. Wait 48 hours to see if there’s a reaction.

What about Contraindications?

The following are contraindications for having a chemical peel. Please discuss with your aesthetician. 

• Use of Accutane or any other similar skin sensitising medication in the last 6 months.
• Use of photo sensitising medication or creams.
• Dermatitis or broken skin on the treatment site.
• Active cold sores.
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• Allergies to peel ingredients (most common are nut and aspirin allergies).
• Use of retinol and vitamin A creams within 3 days prior a peel treatment.
• Excessive sun exposure 2 weeks prior a treatment.
• Use of cortisone medication in the last 6 months.

Please note: if you are predisposed to cold sores these may flare up you may need to take medication for a few days before the peel to prevent a reaction. 

How to prepare for your peel?

One week before peel:

• Discontinue any topical prescriptions or any products containing Retinol or Vitamin A
• Avoid waxing, electrolysis, hair removal creams, and laser hair removal treatments
• Avoid sun exposure (and tanning beds)
• Do not receive Botox or dermal fillers
• Do not have another facial or peel treatment

Day of your peel:

• Do not use any alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), beta hydroxy acid (BHA) and benzoyl peroxide
• Stop any exfoliating products that may be drying or irritating

What To Expect After the Chemical Peel?

Depending upon the type of chemical peel, a reaction similar to sunburn occurs following the procedure. Peeling usually involves redness followed by scaling that ends within 3 to 7 days. Mild peels may be repeated at one to four-week intervals until you get the look you're after.

Medium-depth and deep peeling may result in swelling as well as blisters that may break, crust, turn brown, and peel off over a period of 7 to 14 days. Medium-depth peels may be repeated in 6 to 12 months, if necessary.

Can I wear makeup?

You probably won’t want to wear much foundation because it can highlight peeling and flaking.

What about Aftercare?

• After you’ve completed a peel, you should follow up with a very bland, simple skin care routine. 
• Incorporating a hyaluronic acid product can help hydrate the daylights out of your skin, and research has shown hyaluronic acid plays an important role in wound healing ; two things which you should definitely be focusing on after a peeling session.
• After a peel make sure you aren’t using active ingredients like Retin-A or products that include any acids, like glycolic or salicylic acid, in your skin care.
• You also can’t go wrong with using moisturizers that strengthen and repair the moisture barrier.  An inexpensive product to use after chemical peels is Vaseline. 
• Don’t over-moisturize. When the skin is peeling and flaky, it’s normal to want to continually apply a skin oil or heavy moisturizer to comfort and alleviate dryness. While you do want to keep the skin moist because moisturizers can aid healing and you certainly don’t want the skin to crack, it’s important to know that the whole purpose of a chemical peel is to peel. The less rubbing, massaging and tugging on the skin you do, the better.
• Don’t exfoliate with acids or enzymes. It is so important to not remove the peeling skin before its time. You must let the skin shed naturally on its schedule, not on yours. Acids and enzymes, whether in a cleanser, toner, serum, mask or moisturizer, will only irritate the skin further and possibly burn and temporarily scar the skin. While I love exfoliation, and you’ll want to get back to that two weeks after a peel to keep up the results, this is not the time.
• Don’t use any type of retinol or prescription retinoids.. These types of products work to stimulate cell turnover. This is definitely great for the skin, but it’s what’s already occurring because of the peel. You will want to use these once your skin heals.
• Don’t sweat too much after a chemical peel. Especially at the height of the peeling, your protective barrier is very damaged. When you sweat while working out, the salt can cause a stinging sensation which may further the irritation.
• Don’t eat highly acidic foods.. Just as you don’t want to apply topical acids to the skin, you also don’t want acidic foods getting on to the skin. When things like tomato sauce and oranges  touch the face, they can lower the pH of the skin causing irritation.  Since the mouth area is the place where you’ll see the most amount of peeling due to facial movements from talking and yawning, this area can be very sensitive.
• Lastly, but not least, make sure you wear sunscreen and protect your skin from the sun immediately following your peel. Your skin will be very sensitive.