Dealing with skin peeling after a sunburn

I have a question for a dermatologist or anyone who knows their way around skin care 😁

I was wondering—since we all know how accidental sunburns cause the top layers of skin to peel off—if intentionally inducing a sunburn on one specific part of my face could actually help get rid of fine lines in that area??
The thing is, I’m definitely prone to burning. Every year, I usually just get a little flushed before settling into a tan 😁, but if I skip the SPF, I end up looking like a lobster and peeling within a couple of days
.. Anyway, the real issue is that I haven't really tanned at all for a few years now, and over time, those tiny horizontal creases—you know, forehead wrinkles from constantly raising my eyebrows
—have started to show up. To cut to the chase: if I could somehow trigger a controlled "peeling phase" specifically on my forehead via sun exposure, would that actually smooth out or diminish those wrinkles??
Basically, can I shed the old skin so the fresh stuff underneath can take its place?
I know chemical peels work on a similar principle, so this idea just kind of piqued my curiosity...
I mean, I'll probably try it regardless, but I'd love to hear what you guys think
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Hopefully someone can weigh in 🙂

Not even close, because the damage those tanning beds do with UV rays—like, the kind that actually burns you—is way more intense, goes much deeper, and lasts way longer than just some surface-level skin peeling. Long term, it causes wrinkles, purely from a cosmetic standpoint, and let's not even get started on skin cancer.

Why would I ever choose that over a chemical peel?

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Donna Johnson16 said:Not at all—the damage UV rays inflict on your cells (the kind that actually causes burns) is way more intense, deeper, and lasts much longer than just peeling off the surface layer of your skin. And long-term, it causes wrinkles—cosmetically speaking, let's not even get started on skin cancer.

So why would I ever choose that over a chemical peel?

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Because an FTA peel or a phenol peel is incredibly expensive, and honestly, the risks end up being pretty similar...
even if acid-based chemical peels technically target those shallower layers, whereas a sunburn—well, that probably messes with your RNA too, right?
Look, I'm aware of the sun damage thing, but I also know that once the damaged skin peels away, what's waiting underneath is fresh, soft, glowing, and healthy.

Besides, this isn't my first rodeo. I've burned myself before—it's just that back then, I didn't have these annoying fine lines from working late night shifts...

Grabbing a 3% salicylic acid lotion—you know, that BHA stuff—and mixing it with some basic moisturizer isn't even pricey. You can just pick it up at any CVS or Walgreens.

You can dig up way more info on this in those old skincare PDFs, right here: . And honestly, no, it’s nothing like getting a nasty sunburn. If you're dealing with deep lines on your forehead or between your brows, Botox is definitely the move.

btw—did you totally forget about the dark spots that pop up from tanning too much? Not even counting the actual burns where your skin peels off... I mean, sure, you get that fresh, glowing, youthful pink skin underneath eventually... 🤦

but whatever, you're gonna go ahead and try it anyway, so there's really not much else to say.