Making my own skin peel

1. 2024-02-19 at 6:23 PM UTC

   #1
   Kafka sweaty
   Dermatologists are stingy, they use the minimum amount of product for a profit and want you to come back for more sooner. I can't buy the stuff they use without a license so I want to make my own chemical skin peel. Does anyone have ideas?
2. 2024-02-19 at 8:02 PM UTC

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   Instigator Naturally Camouflaged [the staring tame crusher]
   I'm sure some weirdo will buy the peelings.
3. 2024-02-19 at 8:10 PM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   The old school dish soaps were strong alkaline so strong you needed rubber gloves or it would eat the skin of your hands and leave them raw
   
   I think that would work better than an acid
   
   
4. 2024-02-20 at 12:48 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Just a matter of finding their supplier. Did you try a beauty supply shop? I go to those for hydrogen peroxide.
5. 2024-02-20 at 12:53 AM UTC

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   infinityshock Black Hole

   Originally posted by Kafka Dermatologists are stingy, they use the minimum amount of product for a profit and want you to come back for more sooner. I can't buy the stuff they use without a license so I want to make my own chemical skin peel. Does anyone have ideas?

   
   sodium hydroxide
6. 2024-02-20 at 1:34 AM UTC

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   ner vegas African Astronaut
   inb4 burn victim
   
   I wouldn't risk it
7. 2024-02-20 at 1:42 AM UTC

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   Ghost Black Hole
   If you made it somewhere between old school alkali soaps and modern ones I think you could get the proportions right enough that it would just peel the skin cleanly and not dissolve it
   
   I've seen acids like HCl and sulfuric peel the skin but I feel like it would be harder to get an exact result.
   
   Also you could never sell this it would be an ingestion hazard 100% unless you did something fancy. Best you could do is invent this and give out the formula for free at no benefit to yourself, welcome to the world of chemical research
   
   We call spending thousands of dollars with little to no results R&D