As you age, fine lines and wrinkles, age spots, roughness, and dryness may begin to plague your once-healthy skin. However, it is possible to have
beautiful, healthy skin again.
The OBAGI Blue Peel is a new innovation for restoring healthier and more beautiful skin. Obagi Blue Peel is a unique TCA chemical peel. When it comes to your skin, there are many reasons to get the Blues- blemishes, acne scars, wrinkles, uneven pigmentation and sun damage to name a few. If you want healthier, smoother looking skin, now theres a way to dramatically improve your complexion, in just a day. It starts with the Obagi Blue Peel. The Obagi Nu Derm skin health system is used to prepare the skin a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the blue peel.
Unlike Glycolic Acid and Alpha Hydroxy peels, the OBAGI Blue Peel uses a slow-acting TCA (trichloroacetic acid) solution applied to the skin to remove dead skin cells and stimulate the production of new skin cells. Since TCA is not absorbed through the skin, there are no internal toxic effects. The slow action of the OBAGI Blue Peel solution enables your surgeon to control the
peel process and its depth. It tightens the skin, reduces wrinkling and renews a more youthful appearance.
The Blue Peel is an in-office procedure designed to significantly improve the appearance and health of your skin. Using a low concentration of the chemical trichloroacetic acid (TCA) mixed with a special blue base to slow penetration,
the Blue Peel allows your medical spa skin care specialist to monitor the appropriate depth to effectively remove the thin surface layers of aged and damaged skin from the face or other parts of the body. These dead skin cells are replaced by healthier ones, allowing the skins own clarity and tightness to resurface. The procedure is performed by your medical spa skin care specialist, who has specialized training and experience with this highly effective peel.
An OBAGI Blue Peel can effectively improve a wide variety of skin conditions including fine lines and wrinkles, uneven pigmentation, shallow acne scars, sun-damaged skin and freckling.
An OBAGI Blue Peel is not a substitute for a facelift. It cannot eliminate excessive or lax skin. But, in many cases your physician may suggest that an OBAGI Blue Peel be performed in conjunction with other cosmetic procedures.
The Blue Peel is a quick, relatively simple and highly tolerable procedure. Application of the Blue Peel takes about 20 minutes, depending on the number of coats your skin care specialist has determined are necessary to achieve your goals. Depending on your skin type and the desired results, you will probably require from 1 to 4 coats of OBAGI Blue Peel solution applied to
various areas of skin. Once applied, the OBAGI Blue Peel produces a separation and peeling of the outer layers of the skin. Most patients experience a warm to hot sensation, which may last as long as 2 to 3 minutes, followed by a stinging sensation. Immediately after the procedure, a bluish tint remains on your skin, which will usually wash off in 12 to 24 hours.
After the procedure, you will experience light swelling, and your skin will begin to peel within 2 to 3 days. This peeling will continue over the next several days and should be healed in an average of 7 to 10 days. If you are having a lighter, exfoliative Blue Peel, healing is completed in 3 to 6 days. In either case, this peeling should not disrupt your regular lifestyle for long, although you may want to limit your normal activity.
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