|Articles|February 7, 2004

Only medium, deep peels make dent in skin tightening

Medium and deep peels are the only peels to give appreciable resultswith skin tightening. And properly performed phenol peels can eliminatewrinkles "extraordinarily better than any TCA peel," said HaroldJ. Brody, M.D., clinical professor of dermatology, Emory University, Atlanta,Ga. He is discussing the topic today at the AAD annual meeting.

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