Reignite Your Youthful Glow With a Chemical Peel
Whether it’s a day on the bay or a night out in the South End, your face can glow with youthful radiance after a chemical peel in Brookline! Each custom formulation is tailored to your unique skin qualities and individual cosmetic concerns.
Our facial peel brightens skin while reducing wrinkles and other visible signs of aging.
“Discover renewed, youthful radiance with Chemical Peels at Dream Spa!”
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Facial lines & wrinkles
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Uneven skin tone
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Hyperpigmentation
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Dead/damaged outer skin layers
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Brown spots
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Adult acne
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Blackheads
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Acne scarring
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Enlarged/clogged pores
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Skin lesions
Chemical Peel Before & After
How a Chemical Peel in Brookline Works
Our VIPeel, Environ cool peel, and micro-peel choices are customizable to create a peel that matches your unique skin qualities and addresses your individual cosmetic concerns.
This personalized formulation is applied to your skin, removing the dead and damaged outer layers. The depth of the peel can be adjusted, bringing skin to the forefront that’s tighter, clearer, more evenly toned.
Even Better Results
Want to level up the results of your chemical peel? We can design a custom package or treatment plan to help you get the most out of your time with us.
Learn more about how we customize treatments for every single patient.
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You’re likely to be a great candidate for a Dream Spa Medical customizable chemical peel if you’re interested in addressing issues that include:
- Acne or acne scars
- Age and liver spots
- Scars
- Freckles
- Irregular skin pigmentation
- Rough skin and scaly patches
- Fine lines and wrinkles
- Sun-damaged skin
Your chemical peel formulation at Dream Spa Medical will be customized to achieve your aesthetic goals. That may require deeper peeling than just the outer layers. The deeper the peel, the longer the downtime—but also, the deepest peel lasts the longest.
Here’s a basic guideline for our peel depths:
1. Light Peel
This gentle peel only removes the outermost layer of skin. A light peel is best for improving:
- Skin texture
- Skin tone
- Fine lines
- Acne
- Acne scarring
2. Medium Peel
You’ll have a longer recovery after a medium peel, but your results will be more dramatic. It addresses the issues in a light peel, but it also works on more pronounced:
- Lines and wrinkles
- Acne scars
- Uneven skin tone/hyperpigmentation
- Sun damage
3. Deep Peel
Our deepest peels use the strongest ingredients and penetrate down to the dermis. We recommend these deeper peels for patients with more extensive cases of:
- Sun damage
- Wrinkles
- Scarring
- Actinic keratoses (precancerous growths)
The deep peel also incurs a stricter and longer recovery period.
You’ll see smoother, more evenly toned, glowing results once your skin fully heals. The time it takes for healing depends on the depth of your peel. For a light peel, it may generally take 1 to 3 days, up to 14 or more days for a deep peel. Every patient is unique, so the healing time varies from patient to patient.
At Dream Spa Medical, we believe in having open communication and ensuring that your results are exactly as you and your provider expect them to be. For this reason, we always schedule our patients who are either new to us or new to this specific treatment with a 2-week in-person follow-up. This is a time for you and your provider to discuss your results and future treatments, as well as go over any additional questions. If at any point on your journey with us you would like to schedule a follow-up or speak to your provider about your most recent treatment or progress, we are happy to accommodate you in person, virtually, by phone, or by email.
Pre- and Post-Care Instructions for Your Chemical Peel in Brookline
- Avoid direct sun exposure & tanning beds for 2 weeks prior to your appointment. We will not treat “tanned” skin.
- Women who are pregnant should not receive chemical peels. If you are nursing and would like to pursue treatment, we ask that you consult your PCP for clearance.
- Your provider can help guide you on your specific products and make recommendations on what to avoid. As a general rule, active ingredients such as acids (glycolic, salicylic, etc,), retinol products (Rx or over-the-counter), or topical prescriptions, such as antibiotic or steroid creams, should be avoided for 7 days prior to your appointment. The exception to this would be if you are using our suggested Environ Vitamin A treatment cream or serum (Youth Essentia A or Skin Essentia A). These products should always be used leading up to your treatment.
- Avoid waxing, bleaching, or depilatory use 7 days prior to your appointment.
- If you are prone to Herpes Labialis outbreaks, we suggest pretreating with an antiviral medication for 2 days prior to your treatment and 2 days post-treatment. Dream Spa Medical is happy to provide you with a prescription, assuming that you are a candidate for this prescription.
- If you are currently taking or have taken Isotretinoin or any Accutane-type medications, we suggest that you wait at least 6 months before pursuing any aesthetic procedures.
- We ask that if you are currently taking oral antibiotics or steroids, you discontinue the medication for 10 days prior to your appointment.
- We strongly suggest that if you are moving forward with pigmentation removal treatments, whether it be just a few stubborn spots or years of sun damage, that you begin using home care products that are tyrosinase inhibitors. These are ingredients that block your melanocytes from producing more melanin. Melanin is produced and travels to the skin’s surface for many reasons—sun, heat, pollution, etc. Using these products will help to ensure that once we remove the lesions, the ingredients will prevent them from returning. We suggest using a SkinCeuticals Vitamin C product mixed with Environ’s Melafade System. These products work together to fight all of the external effects on your melanocytes and will greatly improve your results. We suggest using these products prior to treatment, but it is not a requirement. However, continuing to use these products post-treatment will be a key component in your journey to reclaim your radiant complexion.
- We always suggest hydrating as much as possible prior to any treatment at Dream Spa Medical. It is a great way to help your body function at its best and will help to accelerate your healing time as well as enhance results.
- Each peel and manufacturer will have their own specific post-care instructions and guidelines to follow. Your provider will go through these instructions with you and make any additional recommendations necessary.
- Generally, you can expect all of the peels in our portfolio to produce mild to moderate redness and possible swelling. This will typically subside in 24 to 48 hours.
- Avoid strenuous exercise and sweating for at least 48 hours. Excessive heat should be avoided for the duration of your healing process.
- Your skin may feel tight and itchy for the days directly following the peel and during the shedding process. We suggest applying SkinCeuticals Hydra Balm a few times per day to help with this and also to keep your epidermis protected and in the healing phase.
- You may also apply hydrocortisone or take an oral antihistamine if the itching is bothersome to you. If itching persists despite these processes and/or multiple days pass with no relief, or if you begin to develop a rash or excessive irritation, please call us to schedule a follow-up, during which a provider will make appropriate recommendations.
- Your provider will make appropriate home care recommendations tailored to your specific plan, but a general rule is to avoid all active ingredients such as acids (glycolic, salicylic, etc.), retinol products (Rx or over the counter), or topical prescriptions, such as antibiotic or steroid creams, until your skin feels “back to normal” or for a minimum of 5 days. The exception to this would be if you are using our suggested Environ Vitamin A treatment cream or serum (Youth Essentia A or Skin Essentia A). These products can be used as early as the following day after mild peels and within 2 to 3 days after moderate to severe peels.
- Avoid waxing, bleaching, or depilatory use for 2 weeks post-treatment.
- Avoid any additional aesthetic services, including wrinkle relaxers and dermal fillers, until your skin is fully healed or a minimum of 2 weeks have passed. The exception to this is if your treatment is mild and you and your practitioners have discussed and agreed that you may proceed with wrinkle relaxers immediately following your peel treatment.
- Always use a physical protectant SPF (zinc oxide, titanium dioxide) and reapply throughout the day. We strongly recommend ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica as a base in the morning and ISDIN Mineral brush for reapplying throughout the day.
- We advise keeping the treated area moist. Allow the flaking process to organically happen, and do not pull or pick at the skin, as this may cause unwanted hyperpigmentation and/or irritation.