Is it safe to use p&r with retinol after a 30% peel.or should I just use emu oil? I decided to use a peel after 5 months of useing lacsal and trireduction.I'm hoping to stop the lacsal and tri reduction so my skin have a serious reaction .I feel that maybe I should do a peel and then use copper peptides .maybe I'll get better results.

Start with the Trireduction and Emu Oil but use it very lightly as first, them if your skin is OK, use more.

Strong peels often help and so does skin needling.

This is our general advice on reducing the appearance of your scars and blemishes. This advice keeps changing as we receive more feedback from our clients.

Keep in mind that scar tissue and blemishes are not dead tissue but a self-replicating differentiated form of skin - something like a callus. If scars were dead tissue, the normal wear-and-tear on the skin would swiftly remove them.

Buried skin damage usually causes irregularities in human skin such a bumps, pits or altered pigmentation. This buried damage is usually covered, and trapped in place, by relatively good looking skin. The use of hydroxy acids, abrasion, needling, and retinoic acid help remove the covering skin and allow the skin to send up newer skin. Copper peptides supply nutritional copper needed by the skin to perform its vital functions.

One of the ways that sun damage on skin manifests itself is as dark patches of excess melanin produced in response to UV exposure. This excess melanin is much easier to visualize in the UV than in the visible band. Bruising, bite marks and scar tissue can also be seen in the UV months after they have faded to the eye.

It is difficult to convince people of the huge problem of buried skin damage, but look at the pictures at www.reverseskinaging.com/buried-skin-damage.html

So you have to remove it almost totally to keep it from coming back. But with needles and hydroxy acids you can lessen the appearance of blemished tissue over time.

We think the appearance of almost any skin blemish can be improved and be less noticeable after using a combination of hydroxy acids, skin abrasion, and Copper Peptides .

At times, some dermatologists report that, under the right conditions, healthly skin ejects damage and blemishes.

The hydroxy acids combined with abrasive methods slowly loosen and improve the appearance of blemished tissue. (Caution: This advice applies only to normal skin blemishes. Any skin blemish that appears dark, irregular, or bleeds should be promptly checked by a dermatologist.)


We find that repeated use of various types of abrasion and moderate strength hydroxy acid, followed by the use of copper peptides, usually improves the appearance of skin blemishes without excess skin irritation.

The Copper Peptide products are usually rubbed into the problem skin in the morning and the Hydroxy acid product rubbed in at night.
Slower is better.

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1.If you are not getting enough effect, then try Super Cop or Super Cop 2X Extra Strength Extra which are our strongest copper peptides but can cause itching. If it itches, you can wash it off with warm water. Skin slowly adapts to the Super Cops but this can take some time. Usually Super CP Serum is applied lightly in the AM ( 3-4 drops to the entire face) and concentrated specifically on your areas of concern. A Super Cop Cream (or Super Cop 2X) can be used as a spot treatment once a day very lightly. You can even work it into the skin with a flat toothpick.

2.Some clients report good results after applying Super CP Serum, letting it dry for a short time, then applying LacSal Cream over the Super CP Serum.

3. If you still are not getting a good enough effect, then replace our hydroxys with a 30% glycolic acid or lactic acid product. For difficult lesions, like age spots, the salicylic acids (about 12% salicylic acid) used for wart and callus removal often work well - drugstores have these.

4. Skin color usually reverts to its pre-damage color.

Using the CPs on troubled skin, you can use Celes Oil. The cholesterol and lanosterol esters in the oil form a natural water-resistant barrier over the scar and seem to do about the same thing as a plastic covering.

5. Blemish reduction can be further accelerated by skin abrasion with exfoliating washcloths (microdermabrasion cloths), pumice stones, abrasive pads, or microdermabrasion kits such as those used to remove calluses. Flat toothpicks can loosen pitted scar tissue. Needles are often used to break up hard or fat-containing scar tissue in depressed scars.

Skin Needle Rollers (roller with needles) often reported work well with our copper peptides. They are available on Internet. Start with short needles such as 5.5 MM. Don't use it more than once weekly. Clean it after use and sterilize it before further use.

Dermastamps, which use about 5 grouped needles, often work on localized scars. Direct needling of scars should be performed by a professional, but can be used to break up scar tissue.

6.Daily supplements of 1 gram vitamin C, 1 gram MSM, and 5 grams of flaxseed oil also help skin rebuilding.

7. Stress inhibits skin repair and the rate of scar reduction by increasing blood cortisol. Taking 25 mgs daily of DHEA during brief periods of high stress may help block the cortisol effect.

8.Regular aerobic exercise floods more blood into the skin and speeds skin repair and scar reduction.


Feel free to email more questions or call Skin Biology at 800-405-1912 during office hours (10 to 5 - Pacific time).


Best wishes,


Dr. Loren Pickart

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