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How Often Should I Get a Chemical Peel?

Can you get chemical peels too often? Chemical peels are helpful for a variety of skin conditions. They are often used as acne treatment and can target age spots, improving blemishes, fine lines, and wrinkles. Because of their healing properties, it may be tempting to use chemical peels excessively. However. doing so too much can backfire and create more skin issues, such as: -redness -discoloration -hyperpigmentation -irreversible spots -bacterial infections Ironically, if you use chemical peels too often, you may risk bringing on the issue you want to treat. So, how often is too often? The answer depends on the strength of the chemical peel. For instance, are you using at-home products or medical-grade peels from an esthetician? Chances are if you're using a peel you bought from the store, the chemicals are not as strong as professional peels. Although this is generally a con, you can typically use these superficial-level products more often without adverse reacti...

Does Your Skin Have the Winter Blues? Try These Medical-grade Skincare Products

Try Fairlawn Aesthetic MD's selections of acne treatments and skincare for clear results. SkinMedica Fairlawn Aesthetic MD offers a collection of SkinMedica products for general use or post-procedure. Whether you need a youthful glow or baby soft skin, you’re sure to find a product that suits you. SkinMedica Replenish Hydrating Cream Wintertime calls for dry, irritated skin. If you want to even out that complexion and keep your skin soft and smooth, this product is right for you, with calming and energizing ingredients like Vitamin C and Green Tea Leaf Extract. It’s recommended to use the SkinMedica Facial Cleanser with the hydrating cream for maximum replenishment. Plus, the Panthenol Pro-Vitamin B-5 reduces inflammation during those harsh winter breakouts and lessens the appearance of aging. SkinMedica Ceramide Treatment We recommend this product for its soothing properties and ability to rebuild cells. It’s best for those that have extremely sensitive skin or are...

How to Become an Esthetician

If you enjoy watching Dr. Pimple Popper videos, learning about skin care, or helping others with their skin, then becoming an Esthetician may be the perfect career move for you. In order to start your journey of becoming an esthetician you will need to do a few things like getting your cosmetology degree and undergoing 260-700 hours of training at an accredited school. While this may seem like a lot of work, you will learn the basics of what you need to know so that you are better prepared to face a real client with real needs. Some of the things that you will learn to do in cosmetology school will tie into what you will do in your everyday life as an esthetician. These things can include giving facials, acne treatments, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, body scrubs, masks and wraps, hair removal, and even makeup. Not only will you perform these services, but you are also expected to interact with your clients and make recommendations on skin care products and procedures. After...

What's the Deal with Chemical Peels?

We all want younger, smoother looking skin, and it used to be so hard to achieve, until now. Now, this treatment may sound way scarier than it is, but a chemical peel is not as bad as it sounds. It is a vital part of skin treatment, helping to reduce skin discoloration, fade scars, treat wrinkles, and even more. The biggest questions now are what a chemical peel is, and how do you include this in your skin care routine. Well, let us talk about the basics. A chemical peel is a skin-resurfacing procedure where a qualified esthetician applies a chemical solution to someone's skin to remove the top layers. The skin that ends up growing back will be smoother, younger, and overall healthier. There are three different types of peels available, all with a different mission. The three most common types of peels are based on depths, light, medium, and deep which all use different chemicals that will give you a different outcome. A light chemical peel (the superficial chemical peel) remov...