chemical peels
Celebrity Skin offers some of the best chemical peels in Scottsdale, providing professional-grade treatments for acne, hyperpigmentation, melasma, discoloration, fine lines, and uneven skin tone. Our customized chemical peels improve skin clarity, texture, and brightness while protecting melanin-rich and sensitive skin.
Why Choose Professional Chemical Peels?
Chemical peels are a cornerstone of results-driven skincare because they correct multiple concerns at once. When performed by a trained professional, they are safe, effective, and suitable for many skin types—including melanin-rich and darker skin tones.
Chemical Peel Benefits include:
- Reducing fine lines and wrinkles
- Minimizing enlarged pores
- Treating active acne and acne scars
- Clearing congestion and blemishes
- Lightening hyperpigmentation, melasma and brown spots
- Improving skin texture and tone
- Enhancing hydration and glow
- Reducing sun damage and premature aging
Even a single chemical peel can leave your skin looking brighter and more vibrant!
Why Clients Choose Us for the
Best Chemical Peels in Scottsdale
Celebrity Skin is known for delivering advanced, results-driven chemical peels with a strong focus on safety, customization, and long-term skin health.
Clients choose us because we offer:
- Over 25 years of hands-on clinical skincare experience
- Advanced training in medical and corrective peels
- Specialized expertise with melanin-rich skin
- Fully customized treatment planning
- Conservative, skin-protective protocols
- Proven results for acne and pigmentation
- Integration with professional home care
Our focus is on building healthy skin—not just creating short-term peeling.
Types of Chemical Peels We Offer
Every peel is selected based on your skin’s condition, goals, and tolerance.
Superficial (Light)
chemical Peels
Ideal for maintenance and mild correction.
- Minimal downtime
- Improves dullness and mild acne
- Great for first-time peel clients
- Safe for regular use
Medium-Depth
Chemical Peels
Designed for deeper correction and collagen stimulation.
- Moderate peeling and downtime
- Improves acne scarring and pigmentation
- Addresses fine lines and texture
- Produces visible transformation
Progressive & Series-Based Chemical Peels
Best for stubborn or chronic concerns.
- Minimizes hyperpigmentation risk
- Performed in a series
- Builds gradual, safe correction
- Ideal for melasma and persistent acne
How We Choose the Right Chemical Peel for You
Your treatment plan is customized based on:
- Skin tone and melanin level
- History of pigmentation or sensitivity
- Current skincare routine
- Sun exposure and lifestyle
- Downtime tolerance
- Long-term goals
This personalized approach ensures maximum results with minimal risk.
Backed by Clinical Research
Chemical peels are supported by dermatology research as effective treatments for acne, hyperpigmentation, sun damage, and signs of aging. Studies show that professional peels using ingredients such as glycolic acid, salicylic acid, and TCA improve skin clarity, texture, and tone while stimulating healthy cell renewal.
When properly selected and performed, chemical peels are considered a safe and proven option for long-term skin correction.
Chemical Peels Before & After
Related Skin Treatments for Enhanced Results
For clients struggling with breakouts, congestion, and scarring, we may recommend our Acne Treatment Services in Scottsdale to control active acne and prevent future breakouts.
For clients focused on collagen production, skin tightening, and acne scarring, chemical peels may be paired with Microneedling Treatments in Scottsdale for enhanced rejuvenation and texture improvement.
During your consultation, we’ll determine whether chemical peels alone or a combined approach is best for your skin.
For clients focused on texture, scarring, and collagen renewal, chemical peels are often combined with microneedling treatments to accelerate skin regeneration.
chemical peels FAQs
Chemical peels are one of the safest, most effective and least expensive treatments for all ages and skin types (including ethnic skin). However, there are contraindications, or specific reasons, why a chemical peel may not be suitable for everyone.
Chemical peels come in different strengths, using various acids and enzymes such as glycolic, salicylic, lactic, TCA (trichloroacetic acid), mandelic, and tartaric acids. The strength of the peel will depend on factors like your current skin condition, desired results, and how much downtime you can handle.
Peels are categorized as:
Enzyme Peels- natural enzymes break down dead skin cells and impurities to exfoliate the skin by using enzymes from fruits like papaya and pineapple.
- Light Peels: Mild exfoliation, little to no downtime.
- Progressive Peels: Light Peels done regularly (every 4 to 6 weeks) to build up results over time with minimal downtime. Perfect choice for individuals with darker skin tones.
- Medium Depth Peels: Deeper treatment with 7 to 10 days of recovery. Safe for most skin types including darker skin tones with prepped and cared for properly. Includes Celebrity Skin Signature Chemical Peel and VI Peel.
- Deep Peels: Strongest treatment with significant downtime, targeting more severe issues. Should only be administered from experienced doctors.
Lifestyle factors—like work schedules, vacations, or upcoming events—may also influence which peel is best for you. We can decide together which peel will give you the best results based on your needs and circumstances.
Deep Peels: Strongest treatment with significant downtime, targeting more severe issues. Should only be administered from experienced doctors.
Light Peels: Mild exfoliation, little to no downtime.
Progressive Peels: Light Peels done regularly (every 4 to 6 weeks) to build up results over time with minimal downtime. Perfect choice for individuals with darker skin tones.
Medium Depth Peels: Deeper treatment with 7 to 10 days of recovery. Safe for most skin types including darker skin tones with prepped and cared for properly. Includes Celebrity Skin Signature Chemical Peel and VI Peel.
Light or Superficial chemical peels are the mildest type, having minimum side effects (slight dryness, mild/light flaking to no flaking) and are quick to recover from. Light peels exfoliate the topmost layer of the skin helping to reduce acne, unclog pores, reduce uneven pigmentation and rough skin revealing smoother, fresher and more radiant skin tone. Although not ideal, you could put makeup on and go out to dinner after this peel and no one would know you had done anything.
Light/superficial peels are ideal for:
- Younger individuals (puberty up) to address minor skin problems
- Individuals who do not want to experience downtime (peeling)
- Individuals with sensitive skin
- Individuals who receive ongoing monthly light peels, as monthly medium depth peels indefinitely are not advised
Progressive Peels are light peel treatments are safe enough to be done every 4 to 6 weeks on a regular basis. Progressive peels will have cumulative effects without having to go through noticeable downtime. For darker skin tones, progressive peels reduce the potential risks that mid-depth and deep peels carry for this skin type.
Medium depth peels (Mid-Depth) are deeper targeting the intra-epidermal layer. This type of peel is considered minimal to moderate downtime.
Remember downtime is subjective. What you think looks bad may not be what I think looks bad. On average, it will take 5 to 8 days from peel start to finish. Day 1-3 your skin will be dry and tight, day 3-4 your skin usually starts to peel and peeling can last 3 to 5 days.
Mid-depth peels tend to be more noticeable than superficial ones. The flaking is considerably more and the flakes are larger. Sometimes the skin looks shiny like parchment paper and wrinkles and brown spots appear more pronounced until the peel has completed. This peel is safe for most skin types including darker skin tones so long as skin has been appropriately prepped before hand and after care instructions are strictly followed. (The VI Peel would fall under Medium Depth Peel Category too).
All peels do the same thing to different degrees; boost collagen production to improve fine lines and wrinkles, help with texture and tone, reduce hyperpigmentation (brown spots), reduces the appearance of all types of scars and helps to reduce acne.
Medium depth peels (Mid-Depth) are deeper targeting the intra-epidermal layer. This type of peel is considered minimal to moderate downtime.
The VI Peel is considered a medium depth peel, and is one of the most popular types of medical-grade chemical peels. The VI Peel is suitable for all skin types, and improves the tone, texture, and clarity of your skin.
Yes, almost any part of the body can be peeled and rejuvenated. With a Body Chemical Peel, you can get rid of unsightly sun damage and improve the health of your skin everywhere! Our popular Works Facial includes hands and chest, so it’s a great option to tackle everything at once.
We can peel your arms, legs, back, and more with our body chemical peel treatment. Some of the more popular body parts, aka “the forgotten zones,” are the skin on the neck, chest and hands.
Yes, chemical peels are a core component of our acne treatment facials that address clearing active acne breakouts as well as old acne scars.
Celebrity Skin acne facials are custom treatments designed for you, and work alone or in conjunction with any prescription acne treatment products you may be currently using. For acne sufferers, we typically employ medium depth chemical peels to achieve our goals of clearing active acne and reducing the appearance of hyperpigmentation and scarring from prior breakouts. Chemical peels can be very effective at treating acne and minimizing old acne scars on the face or any part of the body.
Chemical peels are not recommended for these clients:
- Accutane – 1 year off (isotretinoin, 13-cis-retinoic acid)
- Recent cosmetic surgery, laser resurfacing, deep chemical peels or dermabrasion (not microdermabrasion) – must have doctor’s note
- Active bacterial, viral, fungal or herpetic infections (cold sores, shingles)
- Pre-existing inflammatory dermatoses (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, pemphigus)
- Rosacea – Will need to be evaluated (moderate to severe or current flare up)
- Facial cancers (especially facial melanoma), history of radiation to the region, undergoing chemotherapy currently or within the past year. Must have doctor’s note.
- Serious medical conditions such as diabetes, severe systemic autoimmune disease, infectious disease.
- Pregnant or lactating
- Allergy to aspirin (Salicylic Peels)
- Permanent Cosmetics (such as microblading of eyebrows) – best to wait 7 to 10 days then cover with occlusive barrier
- Discontinue Retin-A, Tretinoin, Renova, Tazorac, EpiDuo, Differin, Avage, Ziana– for 3 to 7 days prior to treatment
- Currently or recently on prescription steroids
- Sunburned or compromised skin, open wounds, lesions, rash or irritated skin
- Facial Waxing – requires a 72-hour waiting period
- Obsessive pickers
It’s important to review our chemical peel instructions to help maximize your results and minimize complications.
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