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Burn after peeling
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Peeling is a procedure that helps exfoliate dead skin cells, thereby improving its condition and rejuvenating. For its implementation, weak acid solutions are used (usually glycolic or trichloroacetic). Controlled burn after peeling is a natural reaction of the epidermis to the impact of aggressive components, but sometimes uncontrolled damages occur.
Causes of the burn after peeling
The reasons for such burns can be as follows:
- Non-compliance with the ratio of acids used in the procedure;
- Execution of the procedure on the already damaged skin;
- Prolonged contact of acids with the skin;
- Individual hypersensitivity.
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Symptoms of the burn after peeling
Symptoms of a burn are: redness of the skin, swelling, peeling. After the completion of the prescribed rehabilitation period (the duration should be announced before the procedure by the cosmetologist), all of them must disappear on their own. But if unpleasant manifestations still remain on the skin after this period, you should consult a doctor.
Burn after chemical and glycol peeling
Burns after glycolic, chemical or fruit type peelings with a properly performed procedure last only 2-3 days, after which they pass.
Burn after a superficial peel
In case of superficial peeling, only the tissues of the stratum corneum are damaged, up to a granular layer, so that traumatization of living cells does not occur. Burns happen quite rarely and in this case they have a 1st degree.
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Complications and consequences
There are 2 types of complications after peeling - early, and also late.
Among the early:
- development of secondary infection;
- exacerbated herpes;
- allergy to any elements of peeling;
- increased skin sensitivity due to infection;
- swelling of soft tissues, which lasts more than 48 hours;
- chronic skin pathologies are aggravated (dermatitis of seborrheic type, acne, acne, etc.);
- development on the surface of the epidermis milium (white skin cysts).
Among the later:
- atrophy of the skin;
- development of persistent erythema;
- de- or hyperpigmentation;
- as a result of deep or medial peelings on the skin may form scars;
- on the skin appears the demarcation line - a clearly delimited border separating the areas of the epidermis that have undergone peeling from the rest of the skin;
- hyperkeratosis develops.
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Treatment of the burn after peeling
The main thing in the initial stage of skin care after peeling is nutrition, as well as good hydration of the epidermis. To do this, it is best to use creams containing panthenol, since it has healing and healing properties.
It is necessary to apply to the skin fat cream, at least 2 times / day, try to wash less, especially using soap, and in addition to moisturize the skin with the help of thermal water.
You can not also go to the sauna, solarium or bath, and besides this, at least in the first few days it is advisable to sit at home. It is impossible to get sunlight on the skin, so use creams that protect against UV irradiation. It is required to drink a lot of water and refuse from sharp, fatty and salty dishes.
Medications
Use anti-burn agents such as Olazole, Panthenol, as well as Bepanten.
Panthenol helps to accelerate the healing of acid-damaged epidermis. Apply it this way: apply on the surface of the skin 4 r. / Day. If an infection has penetrated into the skin, it should be disinfected before treatment with ointment.
The drug Elokom, which is available in the form of a cream, and in addition to this ointment with lotion. It effectively fights with the itch, which often arises from burns. Cream or ointment should be applied to the affected area 1 rub / day, as well as lotion - to wipe the skin with a cotton disc with a drug every day.
Additional care after the peeling epidermis after peeling provides special post-peeling creams, among which properties nutrition and hydration of the epidermis, as well as protection from ultraviolet radiation. The most popular products of this type are available in the line Medical Collagene and Christina Rose.
Alternative treatment
There are also alternative means of treating burns of this type.
You can prepare a special anti-burn mask: you need to mix avocado oil (2 tablespoons), as well as honey (1 tsp), then heat them in a water bath. The resulting mixture should be applied to the affected areas of the skin and kept for no more than 20 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.
To remove post-peeling spots, you can make a mask: grate the potatoes (1 pc.) And 1/3 of the cucumber, chop the parsley, and add a little lemon juice and 1 tsp. Olive oil with an extract of aloe. Apply the mask every 3 days, leaving it on the skin for 15 minutes.
Remove the edema that often occurs as a result of peeling burn, effectively helps such a tool: you need to prepare a decoction of oatmeal and mix it with starch (3 tablespoons). With the resulting mixture, treat the skin and leave for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Apply this tool you need 3 rubles. / Week.
Prevention
It is necessary to pre-prepare the skin for peeling, to calculate the depth of possible damage, and also to create the most suitable conditions for the restoration of the epidermis. All this will minimize the possible risk of complications. A very important preventive measure is proper skin care after the procedure. It is also necessary to identify the complications that have appeared in time and start their adequate treatment.
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Forecast
Burn after peeling has a favorable prognosis, because as a whole it is the usual reaction of the skin to such a stimulus. To ensure that it has passed in the specified period without the development of complications, it is necessary to follow the rules of skin care and the recommendations of a cosmetologist.