What is frosting and is it safe?
Mmm…I could really use some cream cheese frosting on red velvet cake…. Cream cheese………. Frosting………… Red velvet……….cake……. mmmmmmmm…………… CAAAAAKE……….*drools* . . . . . Okay snap out of it! Since Skinacea is a site on skincare and not baking (I WANT CAKE!), the frosting referred to here is the frosting that occurs during chemical peels. Frosting is when parts of your skin turn white during a peel, as the surface of your skin is exfoliated away by the acid. It doesn’t happen for glycolic acid or lactic acid peels, but for deeper peels such as TCA peels. Even then, frosting usually only occurs during strong TCA peels (15% or higher) or layered peels. Frosting may look really scary, but places where your skin frosts will be the places where you will peel (and brown) the most. When frosting occurs, the chemical peel is usually immediately neutralized so it isn’t something to worry about.
