Dr. Gregory Greco

From the warm greetings you will receive when you first arrive to the farewells given when your care is completed, you will be treated with the utmost dignity, compassion, and respect by Dr. Greco and his staff. You will be educated about the procedure(s) you are interested in. Dr. Greco will spend as much time as it takes to assure you fully understand and are comfortable with your planned surgery and that all your questions are answered prior to surgery.

Dr. Greco is committed to delivering safe, quality medical care. He is dedicated to education and has met the American Medical Association and American Board of Plastic Surgery requirements for continuing medical education (CME) and patient safety.

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CHEMICAL PEEL (Phenol and trichloroacetic acid [TCA])
Procedure: Restore wrinkled, blemished, unevenly pigmented, or sun-damaged facial skin, using a chemical solution to peel away skin's top layers. Works best on fair, thin skin with superficial wrinkles.
Length: 1 to 2 hours for full face.
Anesthesia: None; sedation & EKG monitoring may be used.
In/Outpatient: Usually outpatient. Full-face phenol peel may require admission for 1 to 2 days.
Side Effects: Both: Temporary throbbing, tingling, swelling, redness; acute sensitivity to sun. Phenol: Permanent lightening of treated skin; permanent loss of ability to tan.
Risks: Both: Tiny whiteheads (temporary); infection; scarring; flare-up of skin allergies, fever blisters, cold sores. Phenol: Abnormal color changes (permanent); heart irregularities (rare).
Recovery: Phenol: Formation of new skin: 7 to 21 days. Normal activities: 2 to 4 weeks. Full healing and fading of redness: 3 to 6 months TCA: New skin within 5 to 10 days.
Duration of Results: Phenol: permanent, although new wrinkles may form as skin ages. TCA: variable (temporary).

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