St. Petersburg Natural Day Spa, Healthy Being Wellness Center offers an assortment of natural Facial Peels, Masks and Laser Treatments that stimulate skin renewal. Helping the skin to appear healthier, plumper and tighter with enhanced skin smoothness and clarity.  We offer treatments to assist in clearing away pimples, getting rid of acne, and to improve skin's texture. Such as to lessen the appearance of scars.

Healthy Being Wellness Center is a specialist in natural skin care focusing on naturally resurfacing the skin, reducing pore size, healing from scars and sun damage as well as anti-aging therapies that will reverse the cellular age of your skin. It's never too late to take care of your skin and now is the best time to start a great skin care regimen. 

FACIAL CHEMICAL PEELS

There are so many options when it comes to choosing the right peel for you. Glycolic Peels, Chemical Peels, Laser Peels, etc.

Chemical peels use a chemical solution (whether lactic acid from sour milk or another solution) to remove the damaged outer layers of your skin and improve its texture.

BENEFITS OF A CHEMICAL PEEL:

While results vary based on the type and strength of your peel, a peel can:

• Reduce fine lines, especially under the eyes and around the mouth.
• Correct mild scarring.
• Treat certain types of acne.
• Diminish sun spots, age spots, liver spots, freckles, or blotchiness.
• Refresh and rejuvenate skin texture and color.

A chemical peel cannot, however, tighten loose or sagging skin, remove deep scars, change pore size or remove broken blood vessels.

Chemical peels can be individually formulated based on your skin and your aesthetic goals. There are several types of chemical peels, ranging from very minor peels to deeper peels that may require sedation and extensive recovery time. They can be done on just one area of your face, such as around your mouth, or on your entire face. Peels can also be used on your neck, chest, back, arms or hands.

1. GLYCOLIC ACID PEEL

What is a Glycolic Acid Peel?
A glycolic acid peel treatment is a specific technique for skin renewal. During this process, a high concentration of glycolic acid is applied to the skin for a short period of time and then chemically neutralized to end the treatment. This procedure rapidly removes the damaged layer of surface skin cells revealing fresh skin, and stimulating cell rebuilding and restructuring of deeper skin layers. This procedure can help the skin appear smoother, healthier, plumper and tighter, with more even pigmentation.

How Do Glycolic Acid Peels Differ from Other Chemical Peels?
Other commonly used chemical peeling agents include trichloroacetic acid (TCA), Jessner's solution, salicylic acid and phenol. TCA, Jessner's and phenol are effective in a number of conditions requiring a medium to deep skin peel. They are, by their nature, toxic to cells, and usually require a longer skin recovery period compared to superficial AHA peels. Salicylic acid peels are used to improve acne, but are not known to provide anti-aging benefits to skin.

In contrast, glycolic acid peels are not toxic to skin cells and are used as superficial peels requiring little skin recovery time. Usually done in a series of controlled superficial peels, AHA peels have been shown to provide improvements to acne prone skin and help reverse sun damage. When proper procedures and techniques are used, results with glycolic acid peels are comparable to deeper peels, without their complications.

Can Anyone be Treated with a Glycolic Acid Peel?
To determine if you should have a Glycolic Acid Peel treatment, you need to meet with your doctor and discuss your medical history, skin sensitivities and peel expectations. Your doctor will design a program especially for you with the appropriate type and timing for a peel.

Many conditions can affect the sensitivity and reactivity of your skin to the glycolic acid peel. Your physician may recommend that you briefly discontinue using certain products and cosmetic procedures, or pretreat you with other products, depending on your product-use practices and medical history.

Some conditions may make it unsafe to have a peel. It is important to inform your physician of the following conditions:

• allergies
• atopic skin reactions/eczema
• rosacea
• seborrheic dermatitis
• a history of pigmented disorders (too much or too little color on parts of your skin)
• recent anticoagulant therapy or circulation disorders
• collagen disease/autoimmune disease
• viral infections (including herpes simplex)
• hypertrophic or keloidal scarring
• cryotherapy/cryosurgery within past 6 months
• Accutane of other oral retinoid use within past 6 months
• use of tobacco
• pregnancy

  Under certain circumstances, your doctor may decide to postpone a peel treatment. You may be asked to discontinue cosmetic procedures for a short while before and after a peel. It is essential that you inform your doctor if you have experienced any of the following conditions within the previous month:

• active herpes simplex
• warts
• cosmetic surgery (sensitive/healing wounds)
• sunburn or windburn
• radiation treatment
• peels, laser, light therapy, microdermabrasion or dermabrasion topical retinoid use (Retin-A, Differin, Tazorac)

  The following cosmetic procedures can enhance your skin's reactivity. You may be required to discontinue use of certain procedures a week before a peel. Inform your doctor of use of the following within the previous two weeks:

• waxing
• depilatories
• masks/facials
• electrolysis
• hair dying treatments
• artificial tanning/sun bathing
• permanent wave or straightening treatments
• topical exfoliators
• loofah or other types of exfoliating sponges

  If you think of any additional information in these areas that were not discussed with your doctor during your consultation, you should contact him or her prior to your peel treatment. For example, if you have a history of herpes simplex, you should be taking a preventative medicine prior to the peel. The peel procedure can bring on an episode of herpes lesions in patients with a history of herpes simplex infections.

 
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