The light AHA peels are often called fruit peels because many of these acids are found naturally in certain fruits e.g. glycolic acid exists in sugar cane. These peels are available from beauty therapists and doctors specialising in skin and cosmetic medicine. Though doctors are able to use higher strength acids.
They are very safe and pain free, but require a number of peels performed at 1-4 weekly intervals before results are seen. The AHA breaks the adhesions holding the outer epidermal layers of skin, thus enabling the skin layers to shed. A fresher complexion is then revealed. (AHA’s can also stimulate collagen production at a deeper level, which further helps to refine the complexion).
The shedding of skin is generally quite subtle and most will notice just some redness of the skin afterwards. Hence, this peel is ideal for people unable to interrupt their work. For many people the results are too slow to appear and the number of repeat visits required could be an inconvenience and impractical if they live far away.
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