Chemical peel in Laval

You feel a prickling or warmth while it sits, rising gradually then settling. It is not a burn, and the sensation stops dead at neutralisation. The intensity depends on the formula and on how long it sits, both adjusted to your skin. A fan is available if the warmth becomes uncomfortable. If the sensation becomes genuinely unpleasant, say so: neutralisation can happen earlier, and that is exactly why the skin is watched the whole time.

Pigmentation protocols are generally counted as a series, spaced several weeks apart to let the skin rebuild in between. Going too fast causes precisely the inflammation that makes new pigment. Count in months rather than weeks for a result that stays. The calendar is given to you at the skin analysis, so you know what you are getting into.

Autumn and winter, in the large majority of cases. A peel makes skin temporarily more vulnerable to sun, and sun is precisely what makes the pigmentation you are trying to remove. Starting a series in June amounts to working against yourself. If you are heading south in the following weeks, we push it back. Daily sun protection, on the other hand, is not negotiable in any season.

Peeling generally starts on day two or three, peaks around day three to five, then stops. This is not skin coming off in sheets: most often it is a fine veil that lifts, mostly around the mouth and the nose. What genuinely helps: pulling nothing off, moisturising with a fragrance-free product, and protecting from the sun. What does not help: scrubbing to speed it up, which leaves a mark instead.

Partly, and it is worth being precise about that. Melasma is hormonal, which means its cause keeps acting while we treat what shows. An isolated sun spot generally responds well and durably, whereas melasma comes back far more easily. That is why we ask you questions about where the spot came from before announcing anything. We announce a real and lasting improvement, never an erasure.

Yes, with different settings. Deeper skin produces pigment more readily, which makes the risk of a pigment reaction higher if the solution is left on too long. The caution is about how long it sits and which formula is chosen, not about whether to treat at all. That is exactly why your skin tone is assessed before the first session.

Yes, and not with the solution used on the face. The MeLine range provides a separate formula for the eye contour, built for skin far thinner than the cheek. It targets colour sitting in the skin, meaning the brown under-eye circle. It does not fill a hollow and it does not drain puffiness: those are three different things, and the dark circles page explains how to tell them apart before choosing. As with the face, the plan continues at home over several weeks. That part is what holds the result, and without it the series works at a loss.

The complete plan includes the session and a follow-up range to use at home between appointments, which explains the price difference with the peel on its own. Those products extend the action on pigmentation in between, and that is often what separates a result that holds from one that fades.