Surg Cosmet Dermatol. 2014;6(1):11-14
Deep phenol chemical peeling with the Baker-Gordon formula is indicated for the treatment of severe facial aging. A review of pertinent literature on its main limiting factor-pain-was carried out with searches on two databases (PubMed and Cochrane Library) using the following keywords: chemexfoliation, peel, peeling, and phenol, also cross-referencing with the terms anesthesia and analgesia. The search resulted in 151 articles that contributed little to clarifying what would be the ideal approach for managing pain when using a deep chemical peel with the Baker-Gordon formula. As a result, for this procedure, the authors basically relied on the expert experience-in this case, that of the anesthesiologist-which has been described. Therefore, further studies should be carried out in order to achieve a higher level of scientific evidence.
Keywords: CHEMEXFOLIATION; PHENOL; ANESTHESIA; ANALGESIA.
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