Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon.

And today on the podcast, it's time for a

five minute Friday. And spring is in the air. It's time to talk about brightening the skin and getting

rid of winter dullness. So I love the months of March, April, and May for doing chemical

peals. And people always get shocked and horrified by the idea of putting a

chemical on the skin and having the skin get essentially a very controlled burn but i want to remind

you that chemical peels are some of the best things that you can do for your skin the modern peels are

nothing like older peels so you don't get red,

raw, irritated. You definitely have the ability to modulate and improve your skin with low-grade

chemical peels. And for those of us that have hyperpigmentation, that's actually the best way

to treat it is medium to mild depth peels that are done more frequently to give you great results.

Remember that pigment is tattooed into the dermal layer of the skin.

The melanocytes that do grow melanin in your skin are triggered by certain factors,

including abrasion, friction, repeated things like repeated waxings, acne eruptions, inflammatory lesions

that cause pigment to grow. Also by sun, of course, ultraviolet light. Heat is another factor,

just temperature change itself and exposure to the elements.

So the reasons that we do chemical peels are to get rid of these layers of pigmentation

that are tattooed into various levels and depths of the skin.

I would recommend if you've never done a chemical peel to start with a low grade

glycolic, lactic, and salicylic acid peel. Those are very mild and those will just brighten

your skin, improve your pore size, and reduce sebum production. Then step it up with a little

bit stronger TCA peel.

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