Painlessly Erase 10 Years of Living with a No Peel, Innerpeel Now Available at sk:n Clinics Across the UK

• Tuesday, 26 January 2010

From BC to 2010, chemical peels have come a long way. Cleopatra used food acids during her reign spanning 51-30BC while the 1900’s European and American women underwent non-medical peels in salons using ‘secret formulae’. The 1950’s saw the arrival of the phenol peel, a fierce deep peel that could remove years of wrinkles but also gave peeling its currently misrepresented reputation of complications; pigmentation, de-pigmentation, scarring and even abnormal heart rhythms due to absorption of the chemicals(1).

Chemical peels have been used for centuries to remove the outer layers of the skin which helps erase sunspots, rough scaly patches, irregular pigmentation, and reduce freckles and fine wrinkles. But if you are a peel virgin, then ‘peel’ does nothing to reassure you that in order to achieve great results, you won’t have to go through the pain and shame that Ab Fab’s Patsy (aka: Joanna Lumley) endured after attempting to remove years of smoking and wild living with a chemical peel!

Now there is no need to worry with the new age peels such as Innerpeel® available from the No.1 skin specialist, sk:n clinics. The clinics nationwide offer a range of peels to suit the individual. After a consultation with a medically qualified skin expert, you can be sure sk:n will help define a peel solution tailor-made just for you.

Jane Lewis, sk:n clinic’s Clinical Development Director says: “Until recently, a chemical peel meant taking a week off work to hide away and allow sore, red and peeling skin to fall away leaving the rejuvenated look. These days milder peels are available that work from the inside out, remodelling the skin at a deeper level rather than peeling the outer dermis of the skin. These may only require one or two days recovery and are pain-free.

“Anyone who is interested in the benefits of a skin peel should seek the advice of a professional. Different peels will suit individual skin types and provide varying levels of improvement. The difference with sk:n is that each clinic is led by a medical director and experienced nurses. We offer a full consultation to establish your skin type and the results you would like to achieve before selecting the peel that is the best option for our clients.”

Who should peel? Anyone suffering from age-related skin damage such as; actinic keratosis (a premalignant condition of thick, scaly or crusty patches of skin), solar elastosis (a degenerative condition which effects tissues of the skin), solar lentigo (a benign hyper-pigmented lesion caused by exposure to UV light, melasma (facial discolouration sometimes experienced by pregnant women or those on HRT or oral contraceptives), thread veins and reddening skin. People that have superficial scars, radiation keratosis, acne, acne scarring, plantar warts, or sebaceous hyperplasia may also benefit from a peel.

sk:n peel treatments include:

Innerpeel®

A range of five peels each with a different function to suit individual requirements, Innerpeel® is at the leading edge of peel technology designed to perform different types of chemical exfoliation at a range of skin depths to exfoliate and stimulate dermal remodelling. The result gives a longer lasting, tighter and more lifted skin, with renewed elasticity and fewer lines and wrinkles.

Results can usually be seen within a week.

Why choose Innerpeel®? Traditional exfoliation peels are often painful on application, and can cause broken and bleeding skin, and while they work well on lines and scars, tend to produce less than adequate effects on skin quality. In addition, the greater the exfoliation, the greater the level of reddening, swelling and post-treatment pain, leading to longer recovery times and a long term “red mask” effect. Innerpeel® technology works not on the surface, but on a deeper level to rejuvenate and remodel while improving skin quality by helping generate new collagen, elastin and the skin’s natural moisturizer, hyaluronic acid, whilst encouraging the breakdown of old rigid bound fibres without producing severe side effects. While creating longer-lasting effects, you won’t have to hide away for a lengthy recovery period, and while there is sometimes a sensation of heat, they are pain-free.

How it works Innerpeel® technology does not break the surface of the skin. It encapsulates the exfoliating and remodelling ingredients so they are controlled until they are released into a deep layer of the skin, near the dermis, and away from the top layers where they can cause surface trauma: peeling and redness. The ingredients are at optimal strength, and are not diluted or buffered in any way compared to traditional peels.

The unique sk:n approach to peels Every sk:n clinic employs a medical director and peels are always supervised by a qualified physician or nurse practitioner. During the initial consultation process, patients are advised on the level of surface peeling and downtime versus results, and treatments can be tailored to fit with the patient’s own schedule. Peels can be rubbed or agitated in specific areas where there are marks, scarring or deeper lines to have a stronger effect.

- Innerpeel® Hands combines TCA and lactic acid and delivers kojic acid into the skin to reduce brown marks, age and sun spots. It also keeps pigmentation under control, so it is less likely to flare up due to the treatment. This peel can be used anywhere on the body where there are brown marks or liver spots. Price: £105 for a single treatment; £345 for four.

- Innerpeel® SA is suitable as an acne treatment and delivers exfoliating salicylic acid to the skin plus two key active ingredients: ethylinoleate and ethylcitrate, which, in clinical studies, have been shown to reduce oil production by 58% within three weeks by reducing the activity of the hormone which produces sebum. Price: £480 for a single treatment; £1,595 for four.

- Innerpeel® Neck can be used on thinning skin – most commonly on the neck – and combines pyruvic and lactic acid but also provides the raw ingredients to plump the area and boost fibre protecting natural moisturiser hyaluronic acid levels. Price: £180 for a single treatment; and £615 for four.

- Innerpeel® TCA (strength 25%) the TCA peel will improve colour, freshness, texture, skin tone, and fine wrinkles. It will also help to remove superficial discoloration, such as age spots. Price: £270 for one area; £490 for two treatments.

- Innerpeel® Modified Jessner’s The deepest peel in the range, which must be supervised by a doctor, this is an excellent stand alone acne treatment that also works well as an anti-ageing exfoliator, containing lactic, salicyclic and pyruvic acids plus the anti-ageing ingredient resorsinal. Price: £480 for one; £835 for two.

To find the right skin peel solution for your skin, book your free consultation with a specialist skin advisor now. To book, call 0800 028 7222 or visit www.sknclinics.co.uk for more information.

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Notes to Editors:

About sk:n clinics: sk:n was established in 1990 and is the UK's leading provider of affordable and innovative laser treatments, including laser hair removal, tattoo removal, acne treatments and botox. Each of its 34 clinics nationwide is registered with the Care Quality Commission and each highly-trained team is headed up by an expert medical director.

1.The British Association of Cosmetic Doctors (www.costmeticdoctors.co.uk)

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