How to prevent scarring after leaving 50% glycolic on face too long?

[myaeda]

I'm 33 and have some old acne scars and sunspots here and there, nothing too bad, but I would love to have model clear skin. My dermotoligist perscribed me pigmanorm cream (hydrocortison. I'm a American expat temporarily living in Germany, so you may not recognize the medication names) to lighten some of the spots on my face.

Occasionally, I used to give myself glycolic acid peels (50%) for about 5 minutes max, just as a spot treatment on stubborn acne scars that have left a small darkened skin patch which takes forever (months) to peel off. After having been using the pigmanorm for several weeks now, I used the glycolic acid peel and after just 3 minutes it was burning much more than usual. I realized perhaps the pigmanorm had made my skin thinner and more sensitive and I couldn't leave the glycolic acid on for as long as I usually could, so I washed it off right away, but that put it as 4 minutes. (I have used the weaker glycolic acid peels, but my skin never responded to them - my body is overall very stubborn and slow to respond to medication in general)

Now where the acid was the skin is white and raised and porous. Last time that happened (about 2 years ago, on a small section of my face), that skin peeled right off only hours later leaving raw red skin underneath, which then crusted and left a dark scar, for which I needed a laser at the dermatologist's to remove the scar (to this day, there is a light ring around where the scar was). I told myself never to leave the peel on as long as I did that day, and I haven't since, but today I didn't realize I should've shortened the time due to already using pigmanorm cream. Now I'm fearing, I've done the same scaring to my face as I did 2 years ago.

I'm being careful not to rub the skin right off, as happened last time a scar was left from the acid 2 years ago. Instead, I'm chosing to keep it moist for as long as possible in the hopes it will scab and fall off ever so slowly to prevent a scar. I have Dexpanthenol (5%) that I put on where the acid was. Will this help? Is there anything else I can do to minimize the scaring I may get? Or is some raised white porous appearance normal after an acid peel and it doesn't necessarily mean it will scar anyway? Is it possible the scaring I had 2 years ago is because I rubbed the freshly white skin off only hours later - and this time if I'm careful not to rub it off so quickly and let it heal slowly, it might be okay?

[Dana19731973]

I would say to go immediately to a dermatologist. They can prescribe you special preparations to be made in the pharmacy for you. Stop putting stupid things on your face without doctor's advice.
Call a very good dermatologist and say it's an emergency, otherwise you'll have an appointment in a month or so.
I hade a similar pronlem and I received a prescription for a cream made by the pharmacist, with something 600 times more powerful than cortisone, bethametasone valearate. In several days the problem was almost gone
Good luck!

[tschock]

Skin is a strange thing. What works for one person may not work for another. What might have worked for you in the past, may not work now.

There is no telling how this will turn out...sorry.