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I am writing this review because I have hardly seen any reviews from African-Americans using TCA peels and it was very frustrating for me. I bought this product blindly and through desperation. I have had discoloration on my face for as long as I remember. My nose and forehead is several shades lighter than the rest of my face. This has made me very self conscious about my appearance. I have tried everything I could think of. NOTHING has worked for me to lighten my skin. I started to research chemical peels. I bought glycolic acid (70%). It didn't peel my skin, but It did make some acne go away. That's really all it did, I was a bit disappointed. I started to research TCA peels and saw that people with dark skin shouldn't use it. I did anyway and boy am I glad I did! I did my peel on a Wednesday night. The next day almost ALL my acne was gone!! I was on Accutane for six months about two years ago and even though it got rid of most of my acne, I still had some stubborn spots on my cheeks, nose, and the skin between my lips and chin. I followed the directions to the T. I frosted well on the first pass. It did burn, but I read a book in that time to keep my mind off the burning. I left it on for about four minutes, then rinsed for about two minutes. It still burned bad, so I got some baking soda, and put it on my face. After that, it stopped burning. Like I said, the next day most of my acne was gone, but I was still kind of skeptical since my glycolic acid did the same thing, but I noticed this time was different because my skin looked really leathery and shiny. It also looked very dry as well. On Friday, same thing, I started to peel a tiny bit around my nose. I anticipated that because around my nose peels more than anywhere else. On Saturday, I started to PEEL. I looked like a snake shedding its skin. I know I shouldn't have picked at it, but I did because I was around people. I went to the beach, and put TONS of sunscreen on. On Sunday, I peeled even more. I mean, my skin was REALLY coming off. No matter what kind of moisturizer I put on my face, it looked very dry and you could see the peeling. The only thing that made my face look presentable was Eucerin Plus Intensive Repair Lotion 8.4 fl oz (250 ml). It has AHA in it (the directions that the peel came with said not to use anything with AHA in it), but I had to. Nothing else made my face look remotely good to go out in public and I was around a lot of people this weekend. On Monday I peeled. Today is Tuesday and I'm still peeling. So far, I am loving what I see. My skin is much, much smoother. There are places on my face where my old skin hasn't peeled yet and I compare the new skin with the old and the discoloration is much lower! The new skin is lighter than the old. What I'm going to do is use a hydroquinone cream (2%) for about six weeks and see if my skin will lighten. If not, then I will do the TCA peel again and try the cream again. Some things to note: FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. I'm sure if you don't you will mess up your skin severely. Next: USE GLOVES. I didn't, and my finger tips are peeling as well. Next: USE SUNSCREEN WHEN OUTSIDE. Don't want to mess up your skin again. Next: MAKE SURE YOU HIDE FROM PEOPLE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK. Or at least use a cream that will hide the peeling if you can because boy, oh, boy you will look UGLY during the process. Next: MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE, MOUISTERIZE!! Also, SUNSCREEN IS YOUR BEST FRIEND. Cannot stress that enough. Overall, I am VERY satisfied with the results. I am very glad that I didn't have to spend a fortune because I was going to buy Kojic acid if the TCA didn't work, and that is about $200+ dollars. I am poor college student haha