| There are many skin peel treatments available today. | | | | grouped with other various treatments in a vacation |
| This article will deal strictly with the deeper, medium | | | | package. |
| strength peels as they have much more defined | | | | So, what exactly is the Obagi Blue Peel and TCA skin |
| results that last considerably longer than those | | | | peel and what makes them so effective at |
| attained with light chemical peels. The famous Obagi | | | | transforming and rejuvenating skin? The Obagi Blue |
| Blue Peel and its active ingredient trichloroacetic acid | | | | Peel is a skin peel that like most skin peels removes |
| have long been a major constituent and feature on | | | | the surface most layers of skin through a controlled |
| numerous TV shows and been heralded by many | | | | burn process. This in turn leads to peeling off of the |
| famous stars of the red carpet. | | | | dead skin cells and the revealing of fresh, younger |
| The Obagi Blue Peel has actually been said as having | | | | looking skin. The Obagi Blue Peel was originally |
| the ability to reverse time and aging. It does this by | | | | invented by Dr. Zein E. Obagi. Dr. Obagi saw the need |
| minimizing wrinkles, reducing fine lines and erasing age | | | | for a controlled variable depth skin peel that would |
| spots, sun freckles and numerous other sun related | | | | make application almost foolproof. |
| and age related conditions and problems. It has also | | | | Basically, the Obagi skin peel is a skin dyeing solution |
| recently been shown to be highly effective in treating | | | | that when applied to the face and neck skin will dye |
| pimples, zits, blackheads, whiteheads and even mild | | | | it blue or green in color indicating where the acid has |
| to severe acne. | | | | been applied and how strong or deep. The more |
| The wide range of effectiveness and its relative | | | | times it is applied the darker the dyed skin becomes. |
| ease in use has made it one of the most sought | | | | This made it so a more even peel with fewer missed |
| after skin care treatments available today. | | | | areas would result. |
| Dermatologists and plastic surgeons have waiting lists | | | | The dye solution basically comes inert and has no |
| of people wanting either an Obagi Blue Peel or | | | | chemical burning or peeling properties of its own. It |
| straight TCA peel. | | | | needs to have trichloroacetic acid added to it to |
| Many medi-spas offer these peels as a part of their | | | | make it effective. The trichloroacetic (TCA) acid is its |
| highly popular anti aging and rejuvenation packages. | | | | only active ingredient and is obtained separately. A |
| Many customers are now booking medi spa and | | | | neat feature of TCA (unlike most other skin peels) is |
| similar rejuvenation treatments as vacation packages | | | | that it self neutralizes with the skin so no neutralizer |
| and to the tune of anywhere from $500 for a single | | | | is needed except in strong applications or very |
| treatment to thousands and thousands when | | | | sensitive skin issues. |