Follow-Up Study of Chemosurgery

Occluded Baker‐Gordon Chemical Peel: Review and Update

“…Wood‐Smith and Rees 7 and earlier Litton 19 suggested that telangiectasia would respond to phenol peeling. My own experience is that telangiectasia undergo little or no change following phenol peel.…”

“…There is general agreement concerning the time during which the agent should be applied. Baker and Gordon, 10 Litton, 19 Pierce, 21 Stegman and Tromovitch, 22 and the author all agree that 1 1/2–2 hours is an acceptable amount of time. The use of short tapes is an inducement to attain this goal.…”

“…Ayres followed with two additional articles and a review 15–17 . Litton, a plastic surgeon, developed a formula similar to that of Baker and Gordon and published his first paper in 1962 18 with a later follow‐up 19 …”

“…Superficial acne scarring (Table 2) has been listed by a number of authors as an appropriate indication 7,9,10,19,23 . Mackee, 11 the dermatologic surgeon who first reported on the use of phenol chemical peeling for the treatment of acne scarring, stated that this method was of limited value and‐ was less effective than dermabrasion.…”

“…Litton 19 initially recommended that repeeling could be initiated in 6–8 weeks. Most authors would not agree, some 7 recommending a waiting period of 12–18 months.…”