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Skin Resurfacing Sydney

Chemical Peels

Chemical peels remove damaged outer layers of skin on the face to smooth texture, reduce scarring, and remove blemishes and pre-cancerous growths to produce healthy, glowing skin. Peel formulas and strengths are tailored to each patient. Peels can be combined with other procedures such as facelifts for a younger look. They may be covered by insurance if they are performed for medical rather than cosmetic reasons.

Chemical peels can be performed with compounds of varying strengths. The trichloroacetic acid peels are usually fairly mild to moderate and will take care of fine rhytids, improve skin discoloration and acne scarring but will not resolve the deeper ones. Phenol peels are useful for deeper wrinkles and can also be used to lighten the dark circles beneath the eyes in some cases. They take longer to heal and can sometimes lighten the skin.

There are many other different types of formulations for chemical peels including Jessner's peel, Baker-Gordon peel and Obagi blue peels just to name a few.

Dr. Pincock can assess your skin type and come up with a formulation that will work best for you. Most peels are done with light sedation and/or local anesthesia, deeper peels can be performed under a general anesthetic.

Most patients go out in public after 7-10 days with proper make-up coverage. Once new skin is formed a mild to moderate pink or redness can persist 1-3 months and occasionally longer, but always disappears. This is normal. Sun protection is always advised after any chemical peel.

Mid-Facelift

Traditional facelift techniques are excellent at addressing the lower third of the face and neck, however some patient's faces age in a different pattern and the middle third of the face ages prematurely. This causes the cheeks to sag and deepens the mesolabial grooves (the groove between the nose and the cheek). This gives a tired and washed out look that patients find does not reflect how they feel.

The mid-facelift is a surgical technique that is directed towards the middle third of the face and is an excellent procedure for patients whose main problem area is the mid-face region or as an adjunctive procedure to a facelift for an overall facial rejuvenation.