| Author |
Message |
|
|
|
Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:27 am  |
hi all.
haven't been here for a while.
i was thinking of buying a 8% TCA peel. anyone have experience with that ?
(i don't won't the effect of a full 20% tca peel that u have to stay at home for a week. i can't afford that now).
i was haveing an idea of spot treating it on pigmentation . for example - if i want to make a freckle disappear - i'll put it several times (in a few weeks interval) on the freckle.
i know that 20% tca makes you peel like crazy , but i thought that with a spot 8% peel - it won't haapen. and i will be able to leave home with no problem. etc.
what do you say ? and what about the 12.5 tca peel ? anyone had experience with the 12.5 home TCA peel ??
does it make you face peel visibly thaty and can't leave the house for a few days ?
and third qusestion .
do you think i can use a 8% or 12.5% tca peel to "make disappear" freckles from my BODY (let's say arms) and not only face ?
thanks all !!!
andd have a great day  |
|
|
|
|
|
Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:53 am |
| Some...leave your freckles alone!!!!! and don't even think about doing one of those peels at home! |
_________________
my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
|
|
|
|
Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:28 pm |
don't be so harsh on me
i thought of buying the 8% peel, and try it only on one spot (maybe even on my hand. somewhere people can't see) and see the result...
why were you so alarmed ? i wasn't gonna try a 50% full face home chemical peel... |
|
|
|
|
|
Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:42 am |
I just think that messing with your melanin is not a good idea. I think you should learn to love your freckles, but I appreciate that it's hard...It took guapaboy saying my back was like the milkyway for me to actually think, yeah, they are nice and part of me. I wouldn't loose them now for anything (even the biggie right on the bridge of my nose!)...Like my stretch marks, they are part of me and my life story. I'm even beginning to like my wrinkles (but not the sagging...still working on that!  )
Liz x |
_________________
my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
|
|
|
|
Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:19 am |
well, it's not just freckles. it's pigmentation. left over from acne. and things that make skin look ugly. sorry -it's hard to look at the mirror like that. especially when i know there ARE treatments to help with that (i did a 20% tca once, as you know).
and i don't see much harm.. many here do a home low and even high tCA , right ?
thanks again for you nice replay afterall  |
|
|
|
|
|
Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:05 am |
I don't know of anyone who has done a home TCA peel here, though I spose there maybe someone. Certainally when anais was flogging her tca peels, no-one came forward and said 'go for it, I've done it and it is OK'.
Have you tried vit C serum? I found that it really helped with general blotchiness and my skin is more evenly toned under the frecks. I do understand that darker skin holds scaring marks more than light skin. That said, it sounds like you have had some pretty serious skin issues and you want to get them sorted quickly. I think that maybe you are being a little unrealistic about how quickly these things can be resolved. It has taken nearly a year for my skin to change from blotchy, flakey and grooved to even toned and normal moisture levels. My skin back then was pretty regular for a late 30s woman who had never had any serious problems. You are trying to do too much too fast I think!
Try some less invasive treatments first, like C serums or maybe even copper peptides, as they seem to be good at hyperpigmentation. You may think your skin is bad now, but if you mess with it too much, you may end up with truely awful skin!
This site is for scar reduction at skin bio...it's a bit of a crap site, but the info is good and it is a pretty good product. check out their forums and ask questions there!
http://www.scar-reduction.com/
HTH, Liz |
_________________
my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
|
|
|
|
Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:03 pm |
| ww.platinumskincare.com makes several TCA peels and I think I remember that they had a pretty extensive FAQ section on how to use the various peels they sell. You might want to give them a lookover and/or give them a call to find out exactly what 8% can do when handled correctly, and maybe more importantly, incorrectly. |
|
|
|
|
|
Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:07 am |
I think to get rid of a freckle it would take many repeated treatments to do.
Please be careful not to damage your skin. I would also worry about ending up with a white dot/circle around the freckle from product if used as a spot treatment. |
|
|
|
|
|
Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:43 am |
you are right , i didn't think of that .
maybe i'll try on one freckle , on my arm or something.
it seems such a good solution |
|
|
|
|
|
Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:10 pm |
Hey Liz -
I've seen references to your "unfortunate incident," but it happened way before I joined EDS so I don't know the details. How did you come to settle on your "Nom-Du-MessageBoard," GuapaGirl? Didn't you burn all the skin off your face or something with a peel or some-such? I'm asking, because Some seemed to be a bit surprised by your vehemence about letting 'sleeping freckles lie,' etc.. Perhaps if she knew the whole story, she'd be a bit more inclined to listen to your wisdom! Besides, I want to hear the story, regardless!! So do you feel like rehashing ancient history one last time for us latecomers?
thanks,
Carrie |
|
|
Mabsy
Moderator
 
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 9644
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:12 am |
Gee thanks for that Mabsy 
My signature was a response to my acid adventure. but guapagirl came about because me and a friend thought that it would be really cool to have a website totally devoted to beauty and that we could call it guapa.com. My name thus refers to that time (we never had time to do it in the end) and is also ironic as I'm neither guapa nor a girl! |
_________________
my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
|
|
|
|
Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:00 am |
Sorry Liz -- obviously I completely misunderstood when I thought it was your user NAME that was inspired by the face-burning incident rather than your signature...I'm still relatively new with this messageboard jargon so I got it a little mixed up! But now your electonic sig makes much more sense!  BTW, what is a guapa, anyway? I thought it was some kind of fruit, but when I tried to look it up in the dictionary, the word wasn't there...? |
|
|
|
|
|
Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:23 am |
| If I can remember correctly from my A Level Spanish, 'guapa' means beautiful, pretty, etc, 'guapo' is handsome. So, she's a beautiful girl. |
|
|
Mabsy
Moderator
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Posts: 9644
|
|
|
Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:32 am |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| Gee thanks for that Mabsy |
Anytime hun, anytime.....  |
|
|
|
|
|
Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:08 pm |
| Toe wrote: |
| If I can remember correctly from my A Level Spanish, 'guapa' means beautiful, pretty, etc, 'guapo' is handsome. So, she's a beautiful girl. |
Like I said...it's ironic |
_________________
my new jewellery website:www.gentle-medusa.com |
|
|
|
| Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:55 am |
If this is your first visit to the EDS Forums please take the time to register. Registration is required for you to post on the forums. Registration will also give you the ability to track messages of interest, send private messages to other users, participate in Gift Certificates draws and enjoy automatic discounts for shopping at our online store. Registration is free and takes just a few seconds to complete.
Click Here to join our community.
If you are already a registered member on the forums, please login to gain full access to the site. |
|
 |
|
