Is a Chemical Peel my solution?

Jessner's Peel - What is the proper labeling required?

• Hi. I'm a registered nurse and medical aesthetician with my own skin care practice. A company I purchased a 17% Jessner's Peel solution from, failed to list the chemicals and percentages on the label. They just wrote Jessner's Peel and are actually saying that it is MY responsibility to do the labeling. I never heard of such a thing! They did list the chemicals and percentages separately on a package insert (lots of typos though). Now they are bullying me, to boot, not wanting negative feedback, etc. and no refunds or returns. I just worry that this is a flaky company and I'm not using their product because the label is wrong in my opinion. I have never bought any strength of any facial peel that was not labeled with the chemical name and the percentage. Is anyone out there with some info on this labeling subject? Did they behave legally or illegally by not labeling the bottle? Oh, and they thought I'm stupid because I don't know what COA is. What IS that? I've not needed to refer to that term ever. Thanks in advance, whoever you are. :)

• Answer:

  That you found a package insert with a lot of typos suggests that your source is not one that I would ever want to deal with again. They may be a re-packager, and who knows under what conditions. It is quite possible that resorcinol, lactic acid and salicylic acid individually are considered safe, so there is a loophole that allows them to not put it on the bottle label, being considered a cosmetic and not a 'drug'. COA probably refers to certificate of analysis.