Because the treatment is mild, patients benefit from getting multiple peels in succession, typically 6 spaced about one to two weeks apart. To get maximum benefit from the peel, we also recommend a pretreatment of about two weeks using skin cleanser and a glycolic acid cream or lotion.

Glycolic acid peels remove some of the outer layers of skin--the dead, dry skin--and cleanse the skin, opening up the pores to allow your glands to secrete protective and nutrifying skin oils.

This pretreatment has a double purpose of preparing the skin and letting us know if you are allergic to the fruit acids, thereby preventing any serious reactions with the more concentrated peel solution.