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| Chemical Skin Peels - High Octane Beauty Solutions |
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| By Beauty Scoops Editors | |
| Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:27 | |
 Skin peels have skyrocketed in popularity for the past 15+ years. Fans of Sex And The City series might remember Samantha having a lunch time peel which resulted in her showing up at Carrie's book launch party with glowing red skin. Lunch time peels are very popular and consist of the application of an acid composition to "refresh" the skin by allowing the acidic formulation to "eat away" dead skin cells. \ A lunch time peel, which can actually be done at any time of the day, but are called lunch time peels because they are done quickly enough to be squeezed into a lunch hour, are the least invasive of the peels. There are many types of skin peels available ranging from light, medium to deep surface. Although peels used to be limited to application at either dermatology or plastic surgery offices, skin care experts often offer various forms of peels during facials without the benefit of a doctor's presence. Lately, home peel kits have become available over the Internet for all levels of peels from light to deep peels. Most skin care experts, doctors or other skin care professionals base the recommendation of the various types of peels upon the well-known Fitzpatrick Classifaction Scale which is referenced on Wikipekia and through several other sources. The Fitzpatrick Classification Scale was developed in 1975 by Harvard Medical School dermatologist, Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD, PhD. This scale classifies a person's complexion and their tolerance of sunlight. It is used by many practitioners to determine how someone will respond or react to facial treatments. The Fizpatrick Classification breaks skin types into six classifications depending on skin, eye and natural hair color. Type I Skin - Extremely fair/white skin with either blonde, red or very light hair with light colored eyes. May have freckles. This skin type may be Northern European in descent such as Irish or English. Type I never tans and always burns unless covered with high SPF protection products. Type II Skin - Medium fair/white skin with sandy blonde, medium red to brown hair, blue, hazel, green or brown eyes. Type II will occasionally tan, but with difficulty. Usually burns unless protected with high SPF. Type III Skin - Medium skin color, medium to darker brown hair, brown eyes. Type III can tan but usually burns unless protected with high SPF. Type IV Skin - Olive skin, brown/black hair, dark brown/black eyes Type IV will usually tan with ease and rarely burns. This is considered Mediterranean/Caucasian skin. Type V Skin - Dark brown skin, black hair, black eyes Type V Easily tans, almost never burns. Mid-Eastern skin. Type VI Skin - Black skin, black hair, black eyes Type VI never burns except in very rare situations. Tans very easily. The very best candidates for most chemical peels are the lighter skin types such as Type I, II or III. The lighter skin types have less chance for any types of complications which can include skin spotting (hyper - dark spots and hypo - light spots), pigmentation and permanent scarring. Skin types V and VI and not best for peels. If peels are applied to Skin Types V and VI, it is pest that salicylic acid is used or a lower percentage of glycolic acid inh the 30-40% range. The ideal peel for darker skinned individuals is generally considered to be a TCA peel. TCA peels have proven to be the "safest" acid with regard to danger from hyper or hypo pigmentation. A Jessners peel on pigmented or dark skin types is never recommended. If at-home peels are attempted, when in doubt read all the instructions several times and when possible, check with your skin care expert for advice on how to achieve a safe at-home peel. Visit HairBoutique.com for more beauty and hair tips and great articles.
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