At a big skin care show in Chicago, I saw a booth giving out free chemical peels to anyone who walked up, no questions asked.

They were doing 20% glycolic on people without even a quick skin check or patch test. I know a lot of folks think making treatments super accessible is good for business, but that felt reckless. Has anyone else seen something like that and had to explain to a client why you won't just do a peel on demand?

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pat_murray5321d ago

Remember seeing a pop up at the mall doing free microdermabrasion right on the sales floor. The machine looked like it hadn't been cleaned properly between people, and they were just blasting away at anyone who sat down. It made my skin crawl just watching. That kind of thing gives the whole industry a bad name when someone inevitably gets hurt. How do these places even get away with it?

thomas_butler21d ago

Wait, they were doing it for free on the sales floor? That's so gross, no wonder they didn't clean it.

henryt1821d ago

That 20% glycolic peel with no skin check is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I saw a similar setup at a convention in Vegas using a TCA solution. The real issue is these booths often operate in legal gray areas at trade shows, not as licensed treatment rooms. It makes our whole field look bad when clients come to us later with burns or reactions from that stuff. Explaining why we need a proper consult first feels like an uphill battle after they've had a "free and easy" experience.