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Nikki+2 · 04-13-2008, 04:35 PM

I hate to be a party pooper but I wouldn't mess with a TCA peel at home. I'm an esthetician and I wouldn't even do one on myself unless I had been trained in the line. They can really vary in ph and you can cause permanent damage like hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation. The hypo is white spots and you'd be stuck with them forever. I took a 2 day course to learn the peels I use- it's pretty involved.

Edit to add- I don't know how it is in England but in the US there is NO reputable company that will sell peels to an unlicensed person. If they are willing to, you're probably getting an inferior product. In many places it's even illegal. For example in FL as a licnesed esthetician I can't perform TCA peels unless I work under a doctor's insurance.

04-13-2008, 04:35 PM	#5
Nikki+2 I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,373	I hate to be a party pooper but I wouldn't mess with a TCA peel at home. I'm an esthetician and I wouldn't even do one on myself unless I had been trained in the line. They can really vary in ph and you can cause permanent damage like hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation. The hypo is white spots and you'd be stuck with them forever. I took a 2 day course to learn the peels I use- it's pretty involved. Edit to add- I don't know how it is in England but in the US there is NO reputable company that will sell peels to an unlicensed person. If they are willing to, you're probably getting an inferior product. In many places it's even illegal. For example in FL as a licnesed esthetician I can't perform TCA peels unless I work under a doctor's insurance. __________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226 Last edited by Nikki+2; 04-13-2008 at 04:39 PM.