00:01Why the stigma on feet? Peel them. Make them beautiful like every other part of
00:06your body. If you know what to expect then there's really no anxiety in this.
00:14My name is Clarissa Milan and I am getting a chemical foot peel done today.
00:18I want to get a chemical foot peel because I have very weird cracked funky
00:24feet. I think that a lot of times you can very easily feel self-conscious
00:29about your feet. Like it's really easy to be out here looking crusty and ashy and
00:34you know to me shoes are what complete every outfit. So if my feet ain't looking
00:39right I'm definitely feeling like self-conscious and shy about what I'm
00:43wearing. I love open-toed shoes. I do not like for my feet to feel constricted. I
00:48love strappy sandals. I love Birkenstocks. I'm wearing a pair of Jeffrey Campbell's
00:52right now that have my heels exposed. Like I'm from the country. We don't like to
00:58wear shoes if we can help it. So I like for my feet to feel free.
01:01My name is Knitta Barbara Raymond and I am the founder of The Peel Connection in
01:05Beverly Hills California. You name it I peel it. People don't
01:09realize that feet and your hands have actually more skin
01:14than any other part of your body. Your feet never really get air so they
01:18become really dry and they don't absorb products anymore
01:22because you've got these layers upon layers of dead skin cells
01:26building up on your feet which is why I came up with smooth peel for the feet.
01:32The DIY foot peel that I've seen out there is pretty remarkable in a sense
01:37where your foot actually peels for several weeks it seems and very
01:42dramatically peels which is obviously getting a lot of attention.
01:46Where my peel comes in a smooth peel for feet that we would actually pre-treat the
01:51area and hydrate that area so that when we actually apply the peel and it does peel in a few
01:57weeks
01:59substantially you will be left with not only exfoliated feet but very supple feet and I think
02:05supple feet are important to have especially in those heels. I don't have very many questions about
02:10the process. I'm kind of walking in blind trusting that it's going to end up being a very good result.
02:15I think that anytime you do any type of you know minor dermatologist procedure or cosmetic surgery
02:21you can do as much research as you possibly can but the results are going to be what really shows
02:27you if this is something you should continue doing. So with light to medium peels there's virtually no risk
02:33as far as your skin condition getting worse because when you go somewhere and you get you know let's say
02:40a bigger brand peel or one from a physician there's going to be some down time and there may be
02:45some
02:46scarring just depending on how strong it is how sensitive you are how much melanin is in your skin
02:52that's also a factor. I have a little bit of anxiety about getting the foot peel done I am moving
03:00this
03:00weekend I don't want to have like a hot potato foot all weekend because all my feet are super sensitive
03:05but I think that the results will be worth it. Hello. Hi. Hi. I'm Clarissa. Hi Clarissa nice to
03:13meet you I'm Neda. Nice to meet you. Just so you know for 48 hours post-treatment you cannot be
03:18working
03:19out you have to avoid um that won't be hard. Okay.
03:40First I'll have Clarissa seated and we will prop her feet up
03:54and then we will apply the first step which is the pre-treatment.
04:05I will be rubbing this pre-treatment into her feet to make sure the natural moisturizing factor
04:12is well absorbed.
04:22After about two minutes I will take a wet towel and I will be removing this solution
04:29and then I will apply the actual peel itself with a brush
04:40I will be brushing it onto the feet from the top to the bottom
04:49avoiding in between the toes as that is a sensitive area
04:54and just overall be brushing the bottom and the sides of her feet
05:03you want to make sure that you get these calluses or these cracks on the sides of the feet because
05:09essentially that is why the client comes in is they would like to get that peeled off
05:25I will be leaving this solution on and she will be going home with open shoes
05:38I will advise Clarissa to not wash her feet for 24 hours
05:53okay so today is the third day since I got the chemical peel on my feet
05:59and my co-worker does this two or three times a year and I asked her what to expect
06:04and she was like you're going to get to know your feet in a way you never have before
06:07and holy was she right
06:11it's like just peeling in the most insane way it is like
06:31during the process of the actual peeling of the foot there wasn't any discomfort
06:37I think that I was just really surprised by how much skin comes off of your feet and it happens
06:44almost immediately and it comes it comes sliding off really sliding off in big chunks and pieces
06:53so that was it was kind of gross I had to wear closed-toed shoes for a long time
06:59I researched a lot of foot peels out there before I made my own everyone wants their own feet to
07:07be
07:07as soft as a baby's foot the DIY foot peel that you would buy at home is basically dramatic peeling
07:15that's why it's getting all this press it's like you're getting this like visual dramatic peeling
07:22going on in a relatively short period of time I think it's very important not to be left with
07:30just exfoliated feet but you want them to be supple and moisturized and hydrated
07:36for me going to see a professional is completely worth it I don't know that I would have felt very
07:42confident in the chemical process on my own feet and having a professional do it and being able to
07:48have someone that I could reach out to when I had questions was really really valuable so the aftercare
07:54process would be you cannot wash your feet after you apply it for 24 hours chemicals are great for
08:01exfoliating they decongest cells they just have a way of slowly making this skin peel off in a
08:11very safe manner depending of course on the strength of the peel I got my hair braided two
08:16days ago and one of my friends was massaging my feet while I was getting my hair braided my birthday's
08:22coming
08:22up they wanted to pamper me and he goes your feet are really soft right now and I don't think
08:28I've ever
08:29heard anyone say that my feet are really soft ever before so I want to keep doing this I love
08:36chemical
08:36peels because it's like a reset for the skin you're just getting rid of all the old cells that have
08:43been sitting there for how long and they're interfering with the absorption of the all those expensive products
08:48that you're buying so what you want to do is get a chemical peel to actually make those products
08:53more effective I feel ready to wear every shoe I can find I want to go to shopping right now
08:58I want
08:58the strappiest tallest most naked feet possible I want to look feel like Rihanna you know with her
09:04little strappy things I just I've they they look great and I feel much more confident
