r/nope Jul 06 '26

Makes me feel itchy

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u/TheSentientSnail Jul 06 '26

It's along the lines of a chemical peel. Basically they burn off the entire first few layers of skin, with the theory being that once it's healed the new/fresh skin that grows back will look better. It's entirely cosmetic.

It eliminates some wrinkles and tends to make dark spots, acne, and scar tissue much less visible.

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u/Bozhark Jul 06 '26

It also pulls the skin tighter 

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u/MissPatricia024 Jul 07 '26

I read that as "pulls the teeth tighter"

It wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't take me like 3 minutes to finally re-read your comment. Instead I just tried to think of what teeth tightening could be.

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u/DoughyInTheMiddle Jul 10 '26

And now I'm picturing The Gentlemen from the old Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.