Overview:

Produce Beautiful Results With Greater Exfoliation The Jessner's peel is excellent for all skin types. It smoothes and rejuvenates skin, producing beautiful results in treating mild to severe acne, discoloration, moderate wrinkling, and sun damage. Peeling the face, neck, hands, and upper chest is also quite effective.

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  • Who is the Jessner's Peel for?
    The Jessner's peel combines resorcinol, lactic acid, and salicylic acid to result in deeper penetration and greater exfoliation of the outer layers of skin cells. This deeper exfoliation produces noticeable flaking and exfoliation in the following three to four days after the peel, and within a week a smoother, healthier layer of skin will be revealed.

  • How do each of the ingredients in the Jessner's peel work?
    Unlike the 70% Lactic Acid peel, the Jessner's peel is comprised of more than one ingredient (essentially 14% resorcinol, 14% lactic acid, and 14% salicylic acid), each of which acts in a slightly different manner for significantly visible exfoliation and minimal complications.

    While lactic acid is a normal human metabolite and therefore completely non-toxic, those allergic to aspirin and women who are pregnant should avoid undergoing a Jessner's peel due to the high concentrations of salicylic acid and resorcinol.

    • - Resorcinol is a derivative of phenol, which has been used as a peeling agent since its introduction as a topical agent in 1882. Resorcinol helps to provide a numbing effect and increases the depth of the lactic acid and salicylic acid penetration.

    - Lactic Acid occurs naturally in the human skin as part of normal metabolic processes. In normal skin, it helps to maintain the acid mantle of the skin at a pH of 5.5 to 6.0.

    Several studies have shown that lactic acid has a natural moisturizing effect on the skin; it draws water molecules already present in the skin towards the surface. In the 1960's, dermatologists also noted that when lactic acid was used in conjunction with a moisturizer, it enhanced the absorption of the moisturizer into the skin. This characteristic enables lactic acid to ensure the evenness of the Jessner's peel.

    - Salicylic Acid is an important component of the Jessner's peel, because it penetrates directly into sebaceous follicles as well as the broad skin surface. Thus, it is able to work directly upon any waxy buildup within sebaceous follicles that is associated with acne by uncapping comedones and pustules, opening the sebaceous gland and stimulating the elimination of wastes.