I think we're too quick to push chemical peels for every texture issue

I've seen at least five clients this month who came in with rough skin and were told by other places they needed a series of peels. After a proper skin analysis, I found three of them had compromised barriers from over-washing. I put them on a simple, gentle routine with a ceramide cream for four weeks, and their texture improved more than any peel could have done. It matters because we can do more harm than good if we don't look at the whole picture first. How do you all decide when a peel is truly the right call versus just calming the skin down?

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wendy_park769d ago

I used to push peels for texture too until I wrecked my own skin barrier. Now I always check for over-exfoliation first because fixing that makes a bigger difference. It's crazy how often the problem is just irritation.

mark7239d ago

Agree completely, and I'd add that even when a peel is the right call, the type and strength matter a ton. A low-percentage mandelic or lactic acid is a world apart from a strong glycolic for someone with a sensitive baseline. Wendy_park76's point about checking for over-exfoliation first is spot on, because sometimes the texture is just dead skin cells stuck to a damaged surface.