Chem peels are way different than when I started 12 years ago

I remember back in 2012 doing our first peels in esthetician school. We used these tiny vials of 20% glycolic acid that smelled like bad juice and you had to fan the client for 5 minutes. Now I get these pre-buffered solutions with PH papers and timers built into the bottle. It's wild how much safer things got. I saw a new tech try a 30% TCA peel last week without even flinching. That would have been a huge deal in my early days. Does anyone else feel like the caution level has dropped too much or am I just old school about it?

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gavinh2618d ago

Has anyone else noticed the tech changes actually made some new techs overconfident? I saw a girl last week slap on 40% lactic like it was moisturizer and she didn't even check her client's skin first. It's progress sure, but that old school caution kept us from messing people up.

tylerlane18d ago

Saw a newbie put 50% glycolic on someone with active breakouts last month.