Herbal Green Peel in Lubbock, TX

Yes. There is a persistent idea that peels should not be done in warm months, and Schrammek is blunt that it is not true. No season rules the treatment out. What matters is the eight weeks afterward: no sunbathing, no tanning beds, and daily SPF. If you have a beach trip six weeks out, that is the reason to move the appointment, not the month on the calendar.

No. The skin around the eyes is very thin, carries almost no fat underneath and swells easily, so the herbal massage is kept off that zone. This holds for all three methods.

Lightly, and not with Classic. The skin over the throat and cleavage is thin with very little underneath it, so Classic's pressure would work almost directly against bone. Schrammek's guidance is to use Energy or Fresh Up on those areas instead, and the results there are good. The throat can take a short, light treatment. The cleavage is not peeled with Classic at all.

No. The massage raises circulation sharply, and treating too large an area in one sitting can affect blood pressure. The working rule is that the treated area should be no larger than the face. Body work is booked as its own appointment.

It is not performed on children. From puberty onward it can be appropriate, and that is decided individually at consultation based on the skin and the person rather than a birthday.

Not Classic. The herbs are not the concern. The issue is that anything happening during a pregnancy can end up wrongly attributed to a treatment, so Schrammek's position, and ours, is to wait. Afterward the method suits stretch marks well, and it works best on marks that are still fresh. Tell us at booking if you are pregnant or nursing.

No. It prompts the skin's own regeneration rather than stripping it back, so the worry about thinning or premature ageing does not apply. What you are left with is new skin, not less of it.

The treatment is the same; the settings are not. Men's skin is generally thicker, so your provider sets the pressure and the length of the massage from a skin analysis rather than a fixed protocol. After Classic, dry shaving is fine. Wet shaving waits five days.

Probably not Classic. Rosacea and extremely thin, sensitive skin are the cases where Schrammek steers away from the full method, and Fresh Up is where we would start instead. Your provider confirms which one fits before anything is applied, so a consultation is the right first step here rather than booking a treatment outright.

Yes, and it matters more here than most people expect. Several common medications and recent treatments mean the skin cannot be peeled yet, and how long you wait depends on which one. Recent laser work, dermabrasion, acid treatments and acne medication each carry their own timeline. We go through all of it at consultation before anything is booked. Rescheduling is easy. Treating skin that was not ready is not.

GREEN PEEL® is a herbal peeling method from Germany, in professional use since 1958. A certified esthetician massages a mixture of eight selected herbs into the skin by hand. Those herbs carry enzymes, minerals and vitamins, and the exfoliation comes from the mixture combined with the pressure of the massage. Six of the eight are published: horsetail, aloe vera, ribwort, lungwort, pansy and marigold.

No. The manufacturer, Dr. med. Christine Schrammek Kosmetik of Düsseldorf, states that GREEN PEEL® is not an acid treatment and not a chemical peeling method. It contains no acids and no abrasive particles, and it does not change the skin's pH. That is why it often suits skin that has reacted badly to acid before. For the acid-based options, see our chemical peels.

The herbs are the same in all three. What changes is how much of the mixture your provider uses and how much pressure goes into the massage. Classic is the full renewal treatment and the only one that peels visibly. Energy works the same herbs at lower intensity and skips the peeling. Fresh Up is the lightest and the quickest. Your provider confirms which one fits your skin before anything is applied.

No. The massage brings tingling and prickling that tracks with how much pressure your provider uses. No numbing cream is involved. Classic runs at higher pressure and for longer than the other two, and Schrammek Kosmetik describes it honestly as tolerable rather than relaxing.

The first two days bring redness rather than shedding, and your provider covers it with a tinted balm. Visible peeling usually starts on day three and is largely finished by day five. How much you peel varies a great deal between people. A light peel does not mean the treatment underperformed, because the renewal underneath runs the same either way.

Neither has a shedding phase. Energy asks one thing of you — keep your face dry until the next morning, then start your Home Care Set. Fresh Up asks nothing at all, and your normal routine resumes right away. Both leave you with skin that reads warmer and better rested, and Fresh Up in particular tends to show its effect the same day, which is why it is the one to book the week of an event.

Water rinses the herbs back out of the skin, which is why the rule is strict. After a Classic treatment the treated skin stays unwashed for five days, until your Finishing Facial — Herbal Care Lotion on a cotton pad, morning and evening, is your only cleanser in that window. Energy clients keep the face dry until the next morning. Fresh Up carries no water restriction. Once the flaking starts, leave it alone. The old skin is protecting the new skin underneath and comes away on its own when it is ready, and picking it early is how people end up with marks.

It is the follow-up visit five days after a Classic treatment, once the peeling has run its course. It is part of the treatment rather than an add-on. Schrammek is also explicit that the home-care set you go home with has to be used consistently, because the result depends on it.

Classic runs about once a month. Schrammek's guidance is three weeks after your Finishing Facial, which puts the next treatment roughly four weeks on from the one before it. Energy and Fresh Up are normally booked as a series rather than as one-offs, and your provider sets that spacing at your consultation.

Yes. Classic and the body version of Energy treat the abdomen, upper arms and thighs, which is where the method gets used for stretch marks and slackening skin. Most facial peels do not address body skin at all. GREEN PEEL® works in the epidermis, the outer layer of skin, so it will not lighten a tattoo or permanent makeup sitting in the layer beneath.

Schrammek's own claim is that Classic addresses certain forms of hyperpigmentation, and that wording is deliberately narrow. In our hands, Fresh Up is the method we use for melasma, run as a course of six treatments or until we get the result we are after. Melasma can be lightened but not cured, it tends to return, and heat and aggressive treatment make it worse. If pigment is your main concern, read our melasma and hyperpigmentation page and talk it through before booking anything.

Pricing is confirmed at your consultation, because which of the three methods fits depends on your skin and on how much downtime you can give it. VIP members save 10% on every Herbal Green Peel treatment. Call (806) 701-5840 or book online.