Case Studies

 

Diary of Peel 3000 Facial System

Day 1 of my Peel Facial System. Cleansed my face and put on the contents of Jar 1 over my entire face. Boy oh boy oh boy - the burning sensation was so intense tears came down my eyes. They warned on the package that it was normal for the first 5-20 minutes to have a "hot stinging sensation" but I didn't expect it to be that hot and stinging and it went on and on like my entire face was on fire. I immediately had to sit in front of a fan and cool my face down for 20 mins as it was unbearable for me. Tears were still coming down as the burning sensation was so hot. I had to keep the cream on for 90 minutes. During that time it was still hot but less so. Even removing the cream after 90 minutes the burning sensation continued. I wasn't allowed to touch my face after the cream came off and I wiped my face with tissue to remove any excess cream. Eight hours later and it was okay to wash my face with warm and cold water, though I left it longer.

When I woke in the morning my face looked like it has a sun tan - all healthy albeit slightly red. There was no greasiness or anything considering I hadn't washed my face - just looked like I'd been in the sun a bit too much. I haven't used anything on my skin all day and it just looks a healthy tan. I have to use Jar 2 and Jar 3 tonight and tomorrow and then wait for the peeling to start. I'm glad that the burning sensation only lasted the 90 minutes the cream was on and no longer.

Day 2 of the Peel. Still hot burning acid like sensations when I put the cream on my face and tears come streaming down and it's ohhh so hot, hot, hot! I had to sit in front of the fan the full 90 minutes as I couldn't take the heat when not in front of the fan. I read the Skin Culture Peel official website and saw that this is usual in one of the. Some people don't feel much heat at all apart from the first 5 minutes - lucky ones! They do say the more you feel the better it is - so it says. Today waking up my face still looks sun tanned albeit slightly redder. Getting drier around the lips and mouth area, which they say to expect. I'm not sure if I could go through this process again once this is over ... maybe the pain would be worth the results - will have to wait and see what the results provide (smiles). Hardly any oil on my skin - only a wee little around the crook of the nose and that's it. The advert says it causes minor breakouts and I've got a wee minor spot coming out by my nose and that's it.

Day 3 of Peel 3000. Upon application of the third tub of cream, it was hot, though less so. This time I applied it in front of the fan and stayed in front of the fan the whole 90 minutes. But no tears this time. I must be getting used to it - whew! Skin was already starting to peel around the lips and mouth area before I put the cream on - i.e. like a suntan and it's peeling. Temptation is to peel (grins). On waking this morning my face looks like the redness from the sun has gone into a tan and my face looks brown but with tight skin. More flaking and peeling around the lips and mouth area. Able to use the Normaliser cream tonight and then the proper peeling should start. Only a couple of whiteheads appear around nose area, which is slightly oily. Otherwise skin is clear and looking good. I haven't used any applications since Saturday - i.e. just the creams and haven't washed my face since Saturday (under strict instructions and I thought this would make my face breakout but nope, it hasn't). Looking forward to the results of the next few days. Still uncertain whether I'd do it all again. Will have to see if the results are worth it.

Day 4 - Face still looking brown (like a suntan) and peeling around mouth and lip area plus sides of cheeks like a suntan would peel. The rest of the face looks really tight skin wise and I can't smile too much or open my eyes too wide or open my mouth too much for fear that the skin will crack. Used Normaliser cream last night for 90 minutes which was soothing - not sure what its purpose is - probably to make the skin peel. Still no spots and I haven't washed my face since Saturday (under strict instructions) and have only been using their cream products and once a day splashing with water. Just a wee bit of greasiness around the nose and forehead but it goes. The whiteheads have gone and only a couple of small spots under the nose (where it was greasy but it's going). Technically 2 days left to go and the Peel is over! Whew!

Day 5 and more skin is peeling off like a sun tan from the brown sun kissed looking skin. Only about 4% of skin has come off mainly around the lips and mouth area and some on the sides of the cheeks and forehead and a little peeling around the nose area. The rest of the skin on the face is brown and tight, waiting to peel off and ripening underneath I guess! The skin also is tight and pulling like I'm an old wrinkled 85 year old lady (grins) and is very tight. Some spots around where the skin has peeled. My skin is getting wrinkly and tighter by the day. The Normaliser cream helps stop spots, acne etc and I think also adds to the skin falling off. I'm not supposed to peel the skin off but ohhh it's so tempting (grins). My eyes look like Chinese eyes as the skin is pulled so tight. I am dying to wet my face so that the skin gets softer - ah hah I just remembered I can use a little of the Normaliser cream if my skin gets too tight and uncomfortable. I hope that tomorrow, Day 6 will be it as I'm tired of hiding in the house and feeling like I can't do anything much with a face as tight like it is. I hope I can start using a little make up after as I have friends round on Day 7 (argh!) and I'd like to use a little make up - hoping the skin will have come up more completely by then.

Day 6 of my Peel. The day everyone is waiting for (grins), myself included. Well a lot of the skin has peeled away though some has yet to come off on the sides and the forehead and nose etc. I still haven't washed my face since Saturday. Spoke to Skin Culture yesterday to ask some questions and they were very helpful. Skin is turning up in the strangest places and just when I think not much has come off, I look down on my T-shirt and woah, there's a lot of peeled skin there! I'll reserve judgement till the next few days. So far from what I can see, my skin texture is different, the laughter lines around eyes have disappeared, and the skin looks fresher and younger. The frown mark on forehead seems to have disappeared or looks less noticeable, the colouring of the skin is much smoother and fresher and younger looking i.e. more smooth and supple. I am still contemplating whether I'd do it again and if I did I may go for the Peel 4000 which is the strongest Peel.

Day 7 of Peel Facial System. Most of the skin has peeled away today and it's looking GOOD! I had friends round last night and didn't wear any make up and I felt great. My skin tone looks even all over and the acne scars are not noticeable. I wasn't self-conscious like I would normally be without any make up and my skin looked great. I had a couple of spots from the peel (i.e. breakouts) but it was okay as it just looked like small spots and not something horrible. Today I didn't wear make up either and my skin wasn't oily all day. I was still using the Normaliser cream from Skin Culture. I looked at my skin closer today and noticed that an old acne scar which seems imbedded under my skin has completely disappeared and I had that scar for years - probably since I was 12 years old and I hated it so much but it's now gone. My skin tone looks even and though the scars are still there they are not noticeable and the redness has gone and it's just marks on the skin, which you can only see if you look really closely. My laughter lines around the eyes have gone, the frown lines on forehead have lessened, and I feel and look younger (not that I looked old in the first place!). I feel like I was when I was 12 years old! I never would have thought I'd be able to spend 2 days with people and in a public restaurant with no make up and not having washed my face! Argh! But I did and I felt great!

I now would hand on heart definitely recommend the peel. I will definitely be doing it again to go a bit deeper and use the top peel (i.e. Peel 4000) including the stuff you have to use after to keep up the good work as my skin is in such good condition now. I don't ever remember my skin feeling this good or looking this good - even with a suntan. It's done wonders for my self-esteem and I don't cringe anymore when looking in the mirror. I can look at my acne scars in the mirror and think, it's okay - you can't really see them, as they're white looking and not red and terrible looking like before. I still have some red scars - not much - and those are the ones I want to remove with my next peel(s).

 

SKIN CULTURE PEELING TREATMENT DIARY

Day 1
I was not sure how this was going to feel and I was nervous.  What if my face reacted badly, was this going to hurt?  I had to weigh it up…. So many people had done this before it can’t be that bad.  And besides the marks on my face were getting me down so I had to try something.  My friend applied the first pot.  I didn’t feel any warming sensation for the first few minutes.  Then half way through the application it started to warm up.  By the time my whole face was covered my face was really hot.  This lasted for about ten minutes then it started to subside.  I think the key was keeping my face still and being distracted with something else.  I think I’ll watch a film while I do it tomorrow.  It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be.  Roll on day two.

Day 2
My skin was feeling tight like I had washed my face with a really strong soap and I had not moisturised it.  By the afternoon my skin was beginning to flake just under my nose.  In the evening I put on the second pot of peeling treatment.  I still had the same hot stinging sensation, but I was more relaxed about it and it subsided within 10 minutes or so.  As I wiped it off at the end, I noticed that my skin was beginning to peel around my mouth and chin.  Exciting!!!

Day 3
I woke up and all around my mouth was surrounded with peeling skin.  As the day progressed, so did the peeling, which went all over my chin and over most of my cheeks.  I thought that the peeling skin would be deeper and happen during days 5 and 6 so I called Skin Culture and was told that this was an initial peel and the deeper peel would happen later.  The hardest thing now is not to pick the skin that is hanging off.  It’s so tempting!!

Day 4
All of my face is tight and papery skin is falling off.  This is happening over most of my lower face.  I look wrinkly and old, its so weird.  My face felt so tight and itchy so I called Skin Culture again and was told to apply a small amount of normaliser cream to my face, this would soothe it and stop it feeling so tight and itchy.  I did this and it felt wonderful.  Later that night I applied my last pot of peeling treatment.  Well, this is it now I am so curious as to what I will look like by day seven.

Day 5
My skin feels really tight, to the point that I can barely open my mouth. I applied the normaliser cream (which is cooling, soothing, and fluffy) and it felt great.  It softened my skin and soothed any tight patches.  Mmmmmm, lovely!  After the 90 minutes you can see that a lot of the cream was absorbed into the skin.  Once the excess cream was removed I could see that there were big flaps of skin ready to peel off.  More temptation to pick!!

Day 6
I look like something from a horror show.  I hope that no one knocks my door.  My son (21 months) has just realised something isn’t right about my face and wants to touch it to see if I am in pain.  He looks sorry for me, which means that I must look really bad.  Skin is falling off everywhere I go.  Skin Culture has said to wash my face with just water as it helps the skin to peel off.  I did this and loads of skin came off.  I can see the fresh skin and it does look better and feels softer.  By the evening most of my face has peeled and I was following the trails of peeled skin to hoover them up before my son got to them.  The normaliser cream is bliss again, and I smother my throat with it as it hasn’t started to peel.

Day 7
All my face has peeled and most of my throat.  It looks so much better and feels really soft.  The texture of my skin is very even now.  I have decided that I am going to buy the aftercare products right now, no hesitating.  I want to maintain this.

Day 10
Even after the six-day process, my skin on my face continued to improve. I think that everyone over thirty should do this. I would definitely do this again, even though there are a few days were you dare not venture out of the house!

Thank you Skin Culture, you have made a huge difference to the quality of my skin. I would recommend you to anyone.

Mrs S Dottin, London, UK

 

Diary of my 1st Skin Peel (Peel 3000 treatment)

Day One
Apprehensive! I've read horror stories in the press that the pain I was going to voluntarily undertake was worse than giving birth. What was I doing? Nervously, I applied the product and waited for the "contractions" to begin. My face began to get warmer and warmer. But it seems I wasn't pregnant after all. The pain was just like the instructions said "A hot stinging sensation" and nothing more.

Day Two
With renewed confidence and no fear I settled down and applied the product again. Still no pain.

Day Three
My final day of applying the peeling product. Soon the fun would begin.

Day Four
Things are really beginning to happen. My cheeks, mouth and chin look like they belong to a 90 year old. Will my skin really look youthful when this treatment is done? Started to apply a thick white moisturiser, which has a soothing effect on my skin.

Day Five
I'm beginning to get impatient for the skin to peel. I start a new job on Monday and my face looks like something out of "Alien". Bits of skin are falling off (they turn up in the strangest place)

Day Six
Light at the end of the tunnel. The skin on my cheeks looks clear and smooth and feels really soft. Hmmm! I think that I am going to be really impressed.

Day Seven
It's all over. My skin looks wonderful and clear. It feels really re-hydrated and supple. I'M IMPRESSED!

Ms D Broome, London, UK

 

Kerry Ross, PEEL 3000, December 1999

My SKIN has never been my best feature. From the age of 13, my family nickname was 'Spotty Muldoon' and, apart from a few months during pregnancies, I have had spots continuously.

So when I saw a new facial system that claimed to improve skin tone and clear spots, blackheads and large pores while reducing the appearance of sun damage, acne scarring and fine lines, it sounded too good to miss.

Skin Culture's Peel is a chemical peel. This sort of treatment is normally carried out by doctors in hospital and involves burning off the first two or three layers of the skin. A mighty risky procedure, you might think.

(Skin Culture note: our Peeling treatment actually works by starving the top layers of skin of oxygen which then die and gently peel away. The treatment will not burn the skin or cause the skin to blister or bleed.)

Newly introduced into the country (UK), Skin Culture's Peel is done over a six-day period at home or in a beauty salon. You have a choice as to the strength of the peel, but this simply involves applying it in the same way for an extra one to four days.

The impressive packaging made me feel that I was at the forefront of skin science. The instructions seemed very thorough and I relished the thought of stripping off my old skin and exposing the young, spot-free skin underneath.

So after donning my white lab coat, I picked up the spatula and dabbed the tar-like substance over my face and neck.

It felt like I had put my face in a bucket of acid, which is effectively what I had done. This is where the 'instructions and questions people ask' section had got it horribly wrong. Unbelievably, to the question 'Is the treatment painful?', they had replied 'no', and suggested an 'inconvenient, deep warm sensation' instead.

I spent the next 20 or so minutes before the pain subsided swearing obscenities. My children rushed around trying to calm me down. They were unable to grasp the idea that what I was doing was voluntary.

It was an enlightening experience and I seriously questioned whether I would rather be covered with oozing pustules after all. I have never encountered such pain. Give me childbirth any day. I was in so much pain that my mouth watered. But it did ease as they had said 'the sensation' would, after 20 minutes or so.

(Skin Culture note: You will experience a hot stinging sensation lasting for 15-20 minutes after the peeling formula is applied. The sensation felt will vary from individual to individual. Some will apply the treatment and just feel a warm tingling sensation whereas others will feel an intense (burning like) sensation. On average you will feel a hot stinging sensation that will last for about 15-20 minutes after the peeling formula is applied. Fanning the facial area will relieve any discomfort felt by up to 75%. Also, it should be noted that the more you feel the treatment, the better the results will be.)

After an hour and a half, I removed the peel. You should not use any other products during the treatment and should leave the residue, a rather strong smelling substance, on your skin for eight hours before washing it off with water.

I woke the next morning with a healthy glow, feeling much better about my experience, and resolved to perform the second part of the peel. They say that after you've had a baby, your memory of the pain dulls, otherwise no one would have more than one. It was only after I'd put on the second coat that the reality of the pain hit me once again.

This time I thought I'd better check it was normal and that I hadn't missed the instruction to dilute it or something, so I rang the help line number.

On reflection, the fact that there was a help line should have been a clue. A kindly gentleman explained that what I was experiencing was quite normal and that I should try to relax, perhaps listen to music or watch television to take my mind off the fact that my skin was being burned off......

By the third morning, my skin had started to dry out and was noticeably red. People said I looked as though I'd spent too much time on the sunbed, or asked if I'd been skiing. If only I had.

After the third application of peel, I applied Normaliser cream which greatly eased the tightness and helped lift some of the bits of skin hanging off my face.

You are strongly advised not to pick at the trailing skin, but I'm afraid I couldn't resist. It came off easily but it took a good four days more to stop peeling completely. During that time, I really looked like something out of a horror film.....

Despite all the trauma, the end result was fantastic. I don't think my skin has looked so good since I was about 12. If only it hadn't been so painful, I would be performing the procedure every 30 days as recommended.

My face is not completely clear but the instructions warn you to expect this because the ingrained debris is released to the surface. They also advise that it can take several applications before it will stay looking really good.

There is vigorous cell renewal activity as lower layers of skin replace those that are stripped off. It makes sense then to repeat the procedure until you have the freshest skin 'moved up' to the top.

Will I do it again? I'll have to see if vanity overcomes my cowardice. What is certain is that the odd nasty relative I have to buy a Christmas present for will be receiving a highly recommended beauty treatment with my love.

 

MY PEEL 4000 TREATMENT

Roseanne Wicks used Skin Culture's Peel 4000. Below is a short extract from her diary, which she kept during the treatment.

Day Two Thursday
Skin looked blotchy and beginning to feel tight. Put on second pot in evening, after two hours took it off and skin already beginning to peel around mouth.

Day Four Saturday
Skin blotchy and very tight, not easy to talk. Started to apply Normalizer Cream.

Day Six Monday
Just about 1/2 of face peeled. But still a long way to go. Normalizer Cream helped.

Day Seven Tuesday
Forehead and cheeks still dry and wrinkly. Where its peeled completely skin looking really good. Still peeling - more cream - temptation to pick!

Day Nine Thursday
Light at the end of the tunnel. The skin on my cheeks looks clear and smooth and feels really soft. Hmmm! I think that I am going to be really impressed.

To conclude
Overall the results outweighed the inconvenience and many of my friends have noted how good my skin looks! It is more even toned. Fine lines have disappeared and sunspots are totally gone!

Roseanne Wicks , London, UK