After last weeks microdermabrasion I decided that I wanted to have a peel done; I have a lot of congestion and blocked pores and I figured this would be the best way to help clear them out. Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I have had peels done before but the age old question still remains:
Glycolic or Salicylic?
Glycolic is used to help resurface the skin by reducing "build up" at lower levels of the skin.
Salicylic helps reduce sebaceous follicle blockage (oil build up in the sebaceous glands) and supposedly stops current and future break outs.
I am definately leaning more towards to the salicylic peel! The Salicylic is also the stronger peel and because it can be quite harsh it is usually recommended you start off with a Glycolic peel so your skin can adjust.
Certain skin spas won't let you have either peel done until you have used a cleanser with a high acidic percent for atleast two weeks before hand to prepare your skin. At the moment I am using Dermaquest's Glyco Creamy Cleanser which is formulated with 15% Glycolic acid; I started using it the day after having microdermabrasion... what a mistake. The micro had taken the top layer of skin away so there was less of a barrier and when I put the cleanser on I immediately felt a burning sensation!!! Atleast I could feel it making a difference!
I purchased the Dermaquest cleanser from the Skin Health Spa where I am having my peel, you generally can't buy the range online as some of it is quite strong and it is recommended you speak to a specalist before buying. The cleanser was £35 and the peel was supposed to be £85 but I was given a 35% discount on just the one peel (the discount is usually only when you buy a series of 3 peels at once) as I was unsure of which one to go for!!!
I'm having it done on the 5th December so I'll let you know how it goes!
- Natalie
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