If you are really concerned about the lines on your face, save your money for a great overall skincare regime as was recommended by my dermatologist. He recommended the Made from Earth products, specifically the Vitamin Enhanced Face Firming Serum.

My sister first tried the Made from Earth Vitamin Firming Serum. Within 3 days, she called me and told me how much she loved the serum! Her “crows feet” were already dissipating, but better than that, she loved the fact that her freckles had vanished! I didn’t see this in the clinical trials and don’t think the results are typical for this reaction, but she is thrilled! She has now added Made from Earth to her Christmas list and I am thrilled!!

excellent exfoliant but should probably only be used by those who are using the whole system and have consulted an aesthetician

This product is really strong. I am warning to those people out there who thinks you guys have developed tolerance against peeling. Man, honestly speaking i’ve experienced alot of peels from doctors and myself(loreal peel) and this thing aint like things that you’ve probably seen. You apply this on a cotton(roughly about 2drops of it) and it will PEEL YOUR SKIN after a few days. my first day was ok but the second day, my skin started peeling like crazy, and third day the place where i applied too much chemical had a crack and bled a bit). i have had acne since 6th grade and im over 20 now and this thing… I think its the strongest chemical peel i’ve ever experienced after 10 years of different peels. I dont know how good this thing works but after 3 days im starting to see better contour and texture after the skin peeled. the product has a warning to USE IT EVERY 10 DAYS OR MORE and apply moisturizer lotion after the peel.

I too ordered the HQ+ Gel Peel, Level 3, and received a HQ+ Peel, Level 4. I am 45, with acne and severe melsama on my cheeks and forearms. The first peel stung, just like the in-office dermatologist peels, and frosted, as a previous reviewer noted. From the moment I washed it off, I could see a significant reduction of the melsama darkness, and an overall smother, brighter complexion.

Judging from the effectiveness of the product I quickly reordered two, with hopes that I would receive the Level 4 peel (which I did). My second peel did not frost, but I was able to leave it on for 5 minutes. I can hardly wait for the day when I feel good about my sink, and this product has given me HOPE!!!

I’m in love with this HQ+ gel peel. A bit of background on my skin: I’m 30, no sun damage, non smoker, no wrinkles that I’ve noticed, but I’ve had persistent mild to moderate acne since my early teens. I have large pores, and blackheads on my nose and chin. I use a 2% salicylic acid liquid on my face daily but I realized I needed something with more “oomph” to deal with acne and my pores. Before using this peel, if I tried to “express” the blackheads on my chin, it was difficult to do and it would backfire on me and become huge inflamed blemishes. I am also fair skinned, and acne would leave a red “shadow” of itself for a few weeks after the blemish itself had disappeared. I also had a fair bit of redness around my nose… I do blow my nose a lot as I have allergies.

In my search for a peel with more “oomph” than my regular skin care routine, I first tried both the salicylic 20% and the glycolic 35% by Skin Laboratory, and didn’t really get any “Wow, my skin looks great!” results. I’d done 3 peels of each of those two peels, fyi.

So I ordered a bottle of the HQ+ peel. I’ve just finished my 6th peel (one peel per week, so it’s been 6 weeks), each one done for 3-5 minutes, but I’ll tell you I saw a difference after the first peel. With the first two HQ+ peels I did, I had some of that hardening scab skin happen around my nose, and some flaking around my mouth. Two days after the first peel, I noticed that my skin had a lovely glow… not shiny, mind you, but just… glowing. It wasn’t its usual blah self, normally I have do use a skin brightener with my makeup to get that effect. With subsequent peels, my skin is red the first day (I do the peel in the morning), but the next day it has recovered and is glowing. I may get a little dryness around my mouth, but that’s it. My pores seem smaller and that glow lasts all week until the next peel.

It’s improved the red marks my acne leaves behind, and there’s a general more even tone to my skin. Also, when I try and express blackheads on my chin (yes, I do still have them after doing this peel) they express easily and they don’t turn into huge blemish monsters! I’ve also had no big blemishes since doing these peels, and only two or three tiny tiny blemishes that quickly go away.

I’m pleased as punch with this peel. No, it’s not laser resurfacing or a heavy duty peel, but the HQ+ peel is affordable and it doesn’t make my skin look like hamburger where I’d have to hide from people for weeks until I’d recovered. And I’m young enough that I don’t need the “big gun” peels yet anyway. For my poorly behaved pores, this stuff is doing the trick.

Update 2 weeks later: Something to note, I have to continue using this peel once a week to get the benefits of keeping my pores clear and blemish-free. I tried to go 2 weeks before doing my 7th peel, and around day 11 into the 2 weeks, my pores were starting to misbehave and clog up again into a couple pimples, one on my chin and another on my forehead. So on day 12 I did the HQ+ peel and the blemishes are already healing quite nicely the day after. So, I’ll be planning to do this once a week. Easy to do seeing as the redness fades quickly on me (even with my sensitive skin) and the bottle does a lot of peels, I don’t think I’ve made much of a dent in this bottle even with 7 peels.

I started to notice a few trouble areas around my eyes, forehead, and frown lines so I searched for an anti-aging product to use and settled on this one. I am truly amazed! In two weeks it took care of everything, seriously. I am only 30 so the areas were very minor but it is still amazing. Even better, I have had a pretty nasty spider bite scar on my neck for the past few years that always drives me crazy because it is very noticeable (very red and large, it looks like a giant pimple at all times), it has shrunk and is not red anymore at all. I could not be happier about this, I have tried so many creams to try to make the scar less noticeable. All in all, I love this cream!

Obagi works well for me. I was paying a lot for it from my doctor so I looked it up on Amazon and order it from here now. Obagi took away little bumps that had cropped up on my face. It evened out my skin tone and smoothed the texture. People comment on my skin when I use Obagi. When I ran out gradually my skin looked less good. Am happy to see it available on Amazon.