Chemical Peels
Improve the appearance and texture of the skin.
Procedure
Chemical peels restore wrinkled, blemished, unevenly pigmented, or sun-damaged facial skin, using a chemical solution to peel away the skin’s top layers. This procedure works best on fair, thin skin with superficial wrinkles.
Length
The procedure takes approximately one hour for regional areas and two hours for the full face.
Anesthesia
Topical anesthetic or sedation combined with local anesthesia may be used. When sedation is given frequently, EKG monitoring is used.
Inpatient/Outpatient
Usually this is an outpatient procedure. A full-face phenol peel may require hospital admission for a short period of time.