TikTok is full of weird and wonderful beauty tricks and trends, but one treatment I'm seeing pique people's interest more is the phenol peel. Worryingly, interest from a younger demographic due to its dramatic before and after results. A phenol peel is definitely what you would class as a high-risk, high-reward treatment—not something to be done on a whim.
Due to the intensity of this peel, the process of it is very different to other, more gentle, peels and not everyone is a candidate to have it. Although social media has led us to believe everyone and their mother are getting phenol peels, that's not the case. In fact, not many people are the right fit for this treatment as it's not to be done lightly. The process can impact your heart health and the recovery is intense. In addition to that, it's actually only appropriate for one skin tone, making it unavailable to a number of people.
