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It’s natural to want to look your very best for a Valentine’s Day celebration, whether for a date night with your significant other or even hanging out with close friends.
As you’re preparing for your special evening, maybe buying a new outfit or trying a new makeup technique, you may want to consider rejuvenating your skin with a chemical peel.
A chemical peel is a cosmetic treatment that uses a chemical exfoliant to remove some of your skin’s outer layer. This allows for the smooth, young, and glowing skin underneath to shine and give you a fresh and vibrant appearance.
At the Center for Women’s Health Richmond in Sugar Land and Richmond, Texas, our skilled estheticians provide VI peels, a type of chemical peel that addresses a number of skin concerns and rejuvenates your appearance.
We discuss how VI peels can give you the perfect skin glow-up in time for Valentine’s Day in this month’s blog.
Understanding VI peels
All chemical peels use a solution containing a chemical exfoliant to remove portions of your skin’s outer layers. The solution causes your skin to blister and peel, revealing the fresh skin underneath.
There are three types of chemical peels: superficial, medium, and deep peels. They all use chemical solutions, but they remove different amounts of skin tissue, depending on how strong the exfoliant is.
VI peels are made by the Vitality Institute. They’re medium-strength peels, which remove all of your skin’s top layer and a part of the middle layer as well. VI peels also provide collagen proteins to further enrich your new and fresh skin layer.
Medium chemical peels like the VI peel can effectively address numerous skin concerns including texture, dullness, age spots, scarring, hyperpigmentation, and wrinkles.
What happens during a VI peel
When you get a VI peel at the Center for Women’s Health Richmond, we start by sitting down with you to discuss your skin goals and ensure we utilize the correct VI peel ingredients for your goals. VI peels have different options with different ingredients to address varying skin concerns, whether it’s wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, or acne.
Once we start the actual chemical peel process, we begin by cleansing your skin to remove dirt and oil. Next, we apply two layers of the chemical solution. You might feel some tingling after we place the exfoliant, but it shouldn’t be painful.
After about 4-6 hours, wash off the peel. Your skin should start peeling about three days later, and you should start noticing results after about seven days. It may take up to six weeks to see full results. Because of this, it’s important to schedule your peel in plenty of time for your Valentine’s Day plans.
To achieve a rejuvenated complexion, book your VI peel by calling your nearest office location or using our online scheduling tool today.