Chemical peelings.

It acts to make the skin peel to a greater or lesser depth by the simple application of an acid product.

The depth of the action is controlled by the doctor following the type and concentration of the products utilised.
Thus the desquamation can be very light (similar to the effect of sunburn) with fine pellicules of transparent skin which peel in the days following. They can also go up to brown crusts with powerful peelings, and act for example to reduce acne scars or deep wrinkles.

One can thus class the peelings according to three types:

-soft peelings :
The following are very simple: light transparent desquamation from 2 to 4 days.

-medium peelings :
The skin peels in 5 to 6 days, after having become tanned since the 2nd or 3rd day; the brown squames stay fine and dry, the skin which appears is lightly rosy.

-strong peelings :
They form real crusts and must expect ten or so days to be respectable. Patients with light skin can keep the skin rosy some weeks whilst using make-up to give a normal colour.

The products employed are most often: glycolic acid and fruit acids especially for the lightest peelings. Resorcine for medium peelings, TCA acid for peelings following its dilution. Phenol for strong peelings.