Northern Virginia Skin Care in Fairfax VA, Manassas VA

Our aim is to provide you with the best Northern Virginia skin care possible, as such, we now offer the latest in skin care featuring the finest skin care products from such names as OBAGI, Skinceuticals, Image, and Jane Iredale. Relax and pamper yourself as your skin is cleansed, exfoliated, toned and revitalized by our skilled estheticians Amy Rinehart, Michelle LaPlante and Pat Bonine. Click here for our skin care prices

Northern Virginia Skin Care: Chemical Peels

The skin exfoliation procedure is essential in obtaining and maintaining healthy vibrant skin. It is imperative that we exfoliate all the dead cells that build up on our skin which give a dull appearance, in order to reveal new younger looking fresh skin. Most people do not have a specific exfoliation process in their home care regimen, which means regular exfoliation treatments such as chemical peels are a necessity. There are two exfoliation methods, exfoliation with the use of topical chemicals, and exfoliation with a mechanical device such as microdermabrasion. With microdermabrasion, you are sloughing off dead skin cells superficially on the epidermis or top layer of skin only. Chemically, you can reach the dermis, or "true live layer" of the skin, and give the skin a deep cleansing from the inside out. Chemical peels remove the micro-thin top layer of skin. This top layer, which is made up of dead cells and debris, can clog pores and can stand in the way of you having nicer looking skin.

You have probably heard about chemical peels, and you might have wondered how you would look after having one, but you have probably felt apprehensive about it. That is understandable because of the varying degrees of chemical peels. Chemical peels can be administered by an esthetician in a salon or spa using a very low dosage of chemicals, or by a medical esthetician in a doctor's office under the supervision of the doctor using medical grade chemicals, and lastly a physician generally with the use of anesthesia using very intense chemicals can perform them. There are non-aggressive, yet very effective chemical peel treatments. A chemical peel is customized to address specific skin types and to correct and repair skin back to a healthy state. They can be safe, painless, and yet yield dramatic results when performed in a series of 4-6 treatments,

Everyone has better skin than they think they do. It just has to be uncovered! Customized chemical peels are an innovative way to accomplish that.