CHEMICAL PEELS FOR SKIN RESURFACING

Course overview

CHEMICAL PEELING, OR CHEMICAL EXFOLIATION, INVOLVES APPLYING A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE TO THE SKIN, INTENTIONALLY CAUSING CONTROLLED EPIDERMAL DAMAGE WITH OR WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DERMIS. THIS CONTROLLED DAMAGE PROMPTS SKIN REGENERATION AND REMODELING, THEREBY IMPROVING OVERALL SKIN APPEARANCE AND TEXTURE. SKIN RESURFACING WITH A CHEMICAL PEEL CAN RESTORE A YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE OF THE AGING FACE, NECK, AND HANDS WHILE ADDRESSING MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS ACNE AND ACTINIC KERATOSIS. CHEMICAL PEELS ARE OF VARIOUS TYPES—EACH WITH A UNIQUE PH LEVEL, APPLICATION METHOD, TIME, AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND COMPLICATIONS. A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF APPROPRIATE PATIENT SELECTION, PEEL CHOICE, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED RISKS AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS, IS IMPERATIVE BEFORE ADMINISTERING CHEMICAL PEELS TO INDIVIDUALS. THIS TOPIC DELVES INTO PATIENT SELECTION, EVALUATION, AND THE SUPERVISION OF INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING CHEMICAL PEELING WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THE INTEGRAL ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ENHANCING THE OVERALL PATIENT CARE UNDERGOING THIS PROCEDURE.