Biomedic Micropeel Plus **Worst**
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Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:18 pm

Hi,

I am 27/ South Asian Male, with Dark Skin. I got Sundamaged skin and One Bad Day i decided to go for a Biomedic Micropeel Plus 30, At Home treatment. Thought to save some moeny and Bought it on EBay for 40 Bucks.

I did lot of research On interent before use. and most of most reviews say its Safe.

One Saturday Evening, Decided to use the Peel.
And the whole procedure went smooth for 15 Min. I washed the Peel with water and applied the Cream give in the the Box.

After 30 Min still had Pain, after 1 Hr skin turned little Bit Black, After 3 Hrs Lot of Dis Coloration , Now its almonst more than Day. I look like a complete Freak Now.

Man, i rather prefer like before with Sun Damage. I have a 2nd Date with a Great Gal next week. I feel the whole world is falling down.

I have Dermatlogist appointment tommorow. I will post back again.

I am S/W Consulatant get paid a lot. I got to take off the next week Sad

Its not worth Please think 100 times before you use this

free skin care · Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:03 pm

I've never heard of this product so I googled it. One site said For approximately one week after the procedure your skin will undergo the MicroPeel® Plus renewal process of losing dead outer layer skin. if you followed the directions just as they were stated, this probably what is happening to you. You're face should peel, then start looking better. I'd probably still go to the dr, and get their opionion. Good luck!!

Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:50 pm

This is supposed to be No Down Time Peel. So, I thought its going to be Safe with No Burns.

I am going meet Dermatalogist tommorow. Lets see Sad

free skin care · Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:41 pm

Sorry to hear Sad

wishing your skin a speedy recovery.

free skin care · Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:21 pm

What did the doctor say?

Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:53 pm

I didnt got chnace to meet doctor, The Lady at Office met me with Technician.

I got a mixed answer from him. At first he sacred me saying i need 6 months treatment and later he said the tissue on skin was just burned and will be Okay after Skin Peeld off.

And gave me a SPF45 sonblocker.

I have appointmnet with Another Dermotiligist tommorow. Will Post back again. Wish me good luck Sad

free skin care · Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:12 pm

Oh gosh...good luck! Just wondering if PSF O2 spray would help with this?? Just a thought..

Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:44 am

I went to Dermatalogist today.

He said i did too much to my Face, too much as Home peel. Said Its not safe to use any Chemcial Peel at Home. My face should be Okay in another week. Skin started peeling off just now. He gave me bunch of medicine to keep me safe from Infections.

Also said there is No Long Run damage, Thank god, But dont know if there will be any Cosmotic damage.

I say its not worth. I did search on Chemical peel on this Forum before i applied. Didnt find any posts. Please take me as role, and DO NOT experiment at Home.

I bought this on Ebay, and there are lot of sellers on Ebay for TCA Peels (Gosh selling 100%). Those are not worth to use and Dangarous.

free skin care · Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:50 am

But what did he say about improving your sun damage in general, once the effect of the peel heals? More peels (by the doctor, of course) or laser facials? Just curious, because that was your original inquiry and it's sad that you've been derailed by the peel crisis.

Good luck!

Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:58 am

I didnt ask about that. because i am more concerned about getting recovered.

I see the skin below my peeled off Skin in my Actual skin color. And there is some Un Even Burns on the Face, so, dont know what the result till i recover.

Another Peel , even with Doctor, No way. If there is un even pigmentation, I will try to go in other way, even if it takes time.

Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:10 am

Oh, I also figure out what went wrong, after a little chat with Doctor.

I applied in more concentration at middle of Face and Kept it for more time on Face, Than Forhead ( I remember, 1 min, while i was washing Forehead).

How the hell, Some one is going to Know the Volume of Acid with a Swab... I am a Bachelor in Sceince, Was with Acids before.

My Openion, Chemcial Peels at Home are not Safe.

free skin care · Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:49 pm

Well, keep us posted on the condition of your skin after the peeling finishes and the healing begins.... There are plenty of other options for hyperpigmentation that might take longer and/or are more expensive, but won't be so tragic.

I've always had bad feelings about peels in general... something seems too drastic about them...

Anyway, try to get extra sleep during the peel/heal phase. Sleep is very restorative for the skin.

free skin care · Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:56 pm

I got burned by a Vitalize peel late last year. When she was applying it, it seemed she was heavy handed with the swabs around my chin, and seemed to forget about my forehead. The first day was okay, then on day 2, the skin on my chin and sides of my mouth got very dark. The skin was extremely tight, so tight that it hurt to even talk.

It did get better within a couple of days, but I was freaking out that I could have permanent damage from the peel. That's when I discovered this site, and I'm so glad I did. I've learned so much here!

free skin care · Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:24 pm

I've never done this before but Your face should be fine soon. They do this home chemical peels at acne.com in the subforum for Scarring treatments. It definitely has great potential dangers if you don't know anything about it. you can get more advice and experience stories there. hope this helps..

free skin care · Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:07 pm

Sorry to hear about your experience with home chemical peels. I'm glad your doctor seems to think you will be ok--I know you must have felt sacred Sad

Is the BioMedic a TCA peel? TCA meaning Trichloric Acid or is it phenol based or something else? I'm just curious because I use a 55% lactic acid peel every so often on my face and never have had problems other than very, very slight peeling. I'd be scared to try anything higher though at home. Hang in there Exclamation

Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:21 pm

Its Salicylic Acid. i read TCA is more powerful and Phenol is more more...

free skin care · Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:09 am

I'm very sorry to hear about your troubles, but I must disagree with you. It most certainly IS safe to do peels at home, provided you are scrupulous about following the directions.

From your post, it sounds like you may not have been absolutely clear and / or certain as to what the actual directions were and kind of improvised. Very bad idea.

I haven't done a glycolic acid peel since last year when I started using IS Clinical products. The only reason I stopped is that, with the IS Clinical, I no longer needed them. But, I was using a very high concentration peel that I purchased from Platinum skincare. I followed the instructions scrupulously and got excellent results. I also saved a small fortune.

I'm happy to hear that you didn't do any permanent damage to your skin. But, it would be a shame if your bad experience scared others off!

Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:24 pm

I guess Over The counter Chemcial Peels May be Safe. But now I feel, at Home Peels, with chemcials not knowing the reaction on the Skin can be Dangarous.

I got better now, 50% of skin peeled off, No Cosmotic Damage either. I met my doc again today. He says i am in Good condition. Have to wait my forhead to peel off to check the result.

I just lost a week of work Smile

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Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:46 pm

Hi,

I have had a history of glycolic peels and laser peels to treat acne scarring and enlarged pores. All of these professional treatments combined have cost me well over $5,000... but still for the price, I've achieved very lacklustre results.

Recently, I too just purchased the Micropeel Plus 30 from E-bay. I'm still waiting for the product to arrive... but in the meantime came across your post.

I just wanted to see how you are doing. As well, just interested in knowing how closely you followed the directions for this product? Is there a possibility you maybe left it on a little too long?

Has anyone else used this product? If so, I would be interested in hearing what your results were like?

As it stands, I want to be sure I am using a safe product, rather than ending up in a worse skin condition than I am now.

free skin care · Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:33 am

Hi Warner_baby,

I actually had a Biomedic Micropeel 25% done at the dermatologists office as my very first peel about a year ago. I have fair skin with lots of freckling (partially cause I'm a red head and the other because in high school I used to tan) and I wanted to reduce the freckling, control oiliness and maybe diminish the size of my pores. I just remember it really stinging like hell, eventhough I tried bracing myself after the esthetician told me it would sting, and I remember she left it on for only 4 mins. Also, I remember wanting to fan myself and she wouldn't let me for fear that the peel would penetrate deeper. Afterwards I was slightly red, as If i'd had a bad sunburn, and I started peeling around the second and third day. But in about a week I was fine. I loved the results, and have continued doing 30% glycolic peels at home that I've bought through platinumskincare.com. I do them every 2 months and I barely feel a sting, which tells me that the Biomedic was definitely stronger. I may go back in a few months and have another done at the Dr's office, I don't think I'd have the courage to do a Biomedic at home since I know it's going to sting. Smile

Hope this helps some,
Good luck.

Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:44 pm

hi it's been a month since the first post and i was just wondering if you are ok after the peeling was over? i ask because i am going through the exact same thing as you did, i had the peel done yesterday at a medspa too! the first 2 times i did it, the doctor performed it, yesterday the nurse practicioner did it and i'm not sure if she did it wrong or what (she did fan me which the doctor didn't do before) but i now have this brown stain on my face (like a thin scab) and it's painful and tight. i think i have a burn. i went back to see the doctor and he said he's not sure why i reacted so badly this time. he thinks i should be ok after the skin peels off but he is slightly concerned that one area might have hyperpigmentation later. he prescribed a medium strength steroid cream for me. so i'm wondering if you fully recovered from this incident?

free skin care · Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:04 am

sf I had the exact same thing happen to me! I did not have a Biomedic peel done I had a 70% glycolic acid Glyderm peel but I had the same results as you. Half of my face had the brown scab type thing. I even had a few raw spots where the skin was removed! The odd thing was that I had several of the same peels done by the Physicians Assistant at my derms and never had such a bad reaction. I was given a cortisone cream which I used for a few days on the really bad spots. On the brighter side the areas of my face that were brown looked awesome once the skin peeled off. The raw areas took a few months to return to normal. I did not have any pigmentation problems. The one thing I can recommend is avoid the sun while you are healing and make sure you use a good sunscreen. I had to take a few days off from sunscreen because my skin was way too irritated. HTH.

free skin care · Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:27 am

I had done a 60% glycolic peel last year at home. I left it on for a min. It burned like hell! I broke the skin on my chin and it left a scar Sad

I had used a retinol 3 days prior, I guess I should of waited longer. I say this because I had done this type of peel before with no problems.

Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:42 pm

Hi,
My dermatologist performed a Biomedic Micropeel Plus on me and my skin has become freakishly red - like a dang tomato. The coloration is patchy too (though the texture is smooth). Its been about 8 hours and I am worried as hell - will this be permanent. How long will this last? PLEASE HELP - I am going crazy. What does the peeling look like?
~P.

free skin care · Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:26 am

I had a really bad reaction to a 70% glycolic acid peel and I've been cautious about peels ever since. It was performed at my derm's office by a nurse. I had good reaction with 20%, 35% and 50%. I wanted to stay with 50% because I felt my skin couldn't tolerate beyond this level but the derm claimed that 70% was better for me as I would see more improvemet in my acne scarring and since I had no negative result from the 20-50% I should be fine. And I trusted her judgement.

I had spot blisters, red, raw skin for months, the area around my upper lip and chin became bright orange and then dark brown. I developed grey and brown mottled complexion which took a good 2 years to even out (though not completely as my mouth area is still alittle bit darker) and thereafter I reacted badly to AHAs for years. My acne flared again a few weeks after the incident.

Since then I've only really stuck with enzyme peels which is a much gentler alternative.

Changes in my skin that became permanent:

Pores enlarged (not uniform) the pores on the left cheek is larger than the right as well as the pores on the left temple and this occured pretty much immediately after the peel. And I still have a very faint scar from one of the blistered burn.

In hindsight, I realise that I had better skin prior to the peel.

Moral of the story: Listen to your instincts when you're getting this treatment done, inspite of what the professional tell you.

Always start from the weakest acid to acclimatise your skin and listen to your instincts.

Listen to your instincts because only you know your skin better than anyone else!

If it ain't broke then just polish it. Smile

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