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My mentor in Dallas said to never use a 40% glycolic peel on rosacea, but I tried it anyway
She told me it would cause a major flare up, but a client insisted she'd had it done before. I did the peel last Tuesday and by Thursday her face was red, hot, and covered in tiny pustules. It took two weeks of calming treatments to get her skin back to baseline. Has anyone else had a client push back on a treatment you knew was wrong for their skin type?
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julia_carter701mo ago
My cousin in Austin swears by strong peels for her rosacea, says it's the only thing that keeps her skin clear. Sometimes you have to trust what the client feels works for their own body, even if the textbooks say different. That mentor advice is a general rule, but skin can be weird and personal. The client had it done before without issue, so maybe this was just a bad reaction that time, not a guaranteed outcome.
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olivia_bailey22d ago
Wait, hold up. "Strong peels for her rosacea"? I had to read that twice. Rosacea is basically skin that's already on fire, and you're gonna hit it with a chemical peel? That sounds like pouring gasoline on a sunburn. I've seen people with rosacea at the restaurant, their faces turn red just from walking past the hot grill. I can't wrap my head around how that wouldn't make things ten times worse, even if some people swear by it.
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