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Deep Chemical Peels (Phenol)

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Since deep chemical peels are based on phenol-containing solutions, it seems that the history of this procedure starts at the moment of carbolic acid discovery in 1834 by the German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. The name phenol had been coined in 1841 by Charles Frederick Gerhardt. Nowadays, phenol is prepared synthetically in a process that utilizes chlorobenzene as a starting point.

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  1. Wolfson Medical Center, 56 Joshua Ben Nun Street, Herzlia Pituach, 46763, Holon, Israel

    Marina Landau

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  1. University of Bologna, Department of Dermatology, Via Massarenti 1, Bologna, 40138, Italy

    Antonella Tosti

  2. Southern California, Div. Dermatology, Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of, Wilshire Blvd. 5670, Los Angeles, 90036, California, USA

    Pearl E. Grimes

  3. Policlinico S. Orsola, Ist. Clinica Dermatologica, Universita Bologna, Via Massarenti 1, Bologna, 40138, Italy

    Maria Pia De Padova

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Landau, M. (2011). Deep Chemical Peels (Phenol). In: Tosti, A., Grimes, P., De Padova, M. (eds) Color Atlas of Chemical Peels. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20270-4_6

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