medical grade chemical peels with balance skin + wellness

Chemical peels are a skin-resurfacing procedure in which a chemical solution is applied to exfoliate the top layers, revealing smoother, younger-looking skin. AT Balance skin + wellness advanced aesthetics, our highly trained aestheticians will assess your skin and create the perfect combination for optimal exfoliation or peeling results. Chemical peels are used to treat sun damage, fine lines, wrinkles, scarring, acne, rosacea, and discoloration. They can promote the growth of new skin plus collagen with an improved texture, tone, and radiance that may be noticeable in as little as a few days.

The benefits of a chemical peel are numerous, including: improved skin texture, tone and clarity, reduction of discoloration caused by sun damage, and smoothing the look of fine lines and wrinkles. Home skincare products will be more effective due to the peel removing several layers of skin build-up and congestions, allowing products to penetrate deeper. We tailor peels specifically for your skin utilizing the AlumierMD and VI Peel Portfolios. Shed the old to reveal your glow! We offer peels for face, neck, AND body!

Recommended as a series of 3 treatments, 4-6 weeks apart. Contact us for special package pricing!

FAQs for chemical peels

    • Some chemical peels require patients to have been on home products for 30 days prior to treatment. Check with your provider to determine if this applies to you.

    • If you are lactating, pregnant or may be pregnant, consult with your provider prior to receiving any treatment.

    • Avoid sun exposure for at least 4 weeks prior to treatment.

    • Avoid the use of retinoid products (eg. Retinol, Retin A, Tazorac) and high levels of AHA and BHA products for approximately 7 days prior to treatment. Consult your provider before temporarily discontinuing the use of any prescription medications.

    • Treatments may result in minimal to no downtime but create dramatic and visible results. Treatments may cause slight redness, tightness, peeling, flaking, or temporary dryness.

  • Your face will be cleansed and then prepped with a series of products and solutions that will be applied to the face and/or neck. Some will tingle, and others will cause a temporary burning sensation that is tolerable for the vast majority of patients. You will be provided a handheld fan to reduce discomfort. After treatment, you will leave the office with Recovery Cream and SPF and will look like you have excessive product on your face. This should stay in place for at least 4 hours, with 12 hours being the goal.

    For Body Peels, typically no more than 2 layers are applied at least 10 minutes apart. The solution may feel slightly cold or tingly but should not be painful.

    • Due to the nature of these treatments, you should not necessarily expect to “peel”. However, you may have light to moderate flaking in a few localized areas for 3-7 days. You may also experience residual redness, which lasts in most patients for 1-12 hours. It is recommended that you do not apply makeup the day of treatment. It is ideal to allow the skin to stabilize and rest overnight. However, makeup can be applied, if necessary. Tonight your skin will feel tight and ‘pulled’. Although you may or may not actually ‘peel’, it is likely that you will experience a light ‘exfoliation’. It may take 2 or more treatments to target the deeper layers of skin to loosen and ‘peel’. In order to obtain maximum results and avoid complications, please follow the post-peel instructions listed below for approximately 5-7 days. It is recommended to use either the Alumier MD Post Procedure Kit or VI Peel Aftercare Kit, be sure to ask about this on the day of your peel.

    • If TOX BOOST TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED- Try to exercise your treated muscles for 1-2 hours after treatment (e.g., practice frowning, raising your eyebrows, and squint). This helps to work the product into your muscles. Stay in a vertical position for 4 hours following injection. Do not rest your head or lie down; sit upright; the head should remain above the heart.

    • Avoid extended UV exposure for the whole seven days after your treatment.

    • DO NOT cleanse your skin the evening of your peel.

    • DO NOT pick or pull any flaking skin

    • You may take Acetaminophen/Tylenol if you experience any mild tenderness/discomfort. Do not massage treated areas after treatment.

    • DO NOT Tan or use a tanning booth for at least 30 days post-peel. YOU ARE VERY STRONGLY ADVISED TO ABSTAIN ENTIRELY FROM THE USE OF TANNING BOOTHS INDEFINITELY.

    • DO NOT have electrolysis, waxing, threading or any other form of hair removal for 30 days post treatment.

    • DO NOT use facial scrubs or mechanical forms of exfoliation for 14 days post peel.

    • Avoid strenuous exercise for 48-72 hours per instructions from your VI Peel Aftercare Kit and to reduce bruising around injection sites. You may resume other normal activities/routines immediately.

    • Avoid laser, IPL, or skin tightening treatments of the area for a minimum of 4 weeks (or as directed by your provider).

    • DO NOT use retinoic acid, AHA or BHA for 14 days post peel.

    • DO NOT have laser hair removal, photofacials, chemical peels or microdermabrasion for 30 days post peel.

    • DO NOT apply ice or ice water to the treated area.

    • DO NOT use hot tubs, steam rooms, saunas, and/or excessively hot showers for 5 days post peel.

    • DO NOT go swimming for 5 days post peel.

    • DO NOT participate in aerobic exercise for 5 days post-peel.

  • Both lines of peels will improve the tone, texture, and clarity of the skin; reduce age spots; improve hyperpigmentation (including melasma); soften lines and wrinkles; clear acne skin conditions; reduce or eliminate acne scars; and stimulate the production of collagen, for firmer, more youthful skin.

    Other results of one of our Balance, AlumierMD or VI Peels will improve the tone, texture, and clarity of the skin; reduce age spots; improve hyperpigmentation (including melasma); soften lines and wrinkles; clear acne skin conditions; reduce or eliminate acne scars; and stimulate the production of collagen, for firmer, more youthful skin.