Are the Vitalize Peel and a 8% TCA peel similar?


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Replied on 2/1/2010

By: Rejuve | John Tang, MD.
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No the Vitalize Peel is a much weaker peel than the TCA. The TCA will go deeper and give you a better result but there will be more peeling initially.

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