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Pyruvic Acid Peel for Face and Extra-Facial Areas

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Pyruvic acid has been considered as an important agent for peel because of its important ability to weaken keratinocytes cohesion and generates epidermolysis with no systemic toxicity. Given that, it can be used as a superficial to medium-depth peeling to approach inflammatory acne, moderate acne scars, oily skin, folliculitis, photoaging, and actinically damage skin.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Bogdana Victoria Kadunc & Renata Cristina Vasconcellos

  2. Cosmiatric Department, Department of Dermatology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas - PUC Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Renan Lage

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  1. Instituto de Assistência Médica ao Servidor Público Estadual (IAMSPE), Tenured International Professor and Mentor for PhD and MSc Programs, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Adilson Da Costa

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Kadunc, B.V., Lage, R., Vasconcellos, R.C. (2020). Pyruvic Acid Peel for Face and Extra-Facial Areas. In: Costa, A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Procedures . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78265-2_15

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