Pros and Cons of using lasers and other modalities for pigmentation

Can laser remove sun damage on the body and the face and…..is it worth the possible risks,

You have a wonderful summer in the sun or skiing in the winter and out of no where you start seeing those darn brown spots. Sometimes they start small and grow and get darker over time or they just pop out of no where.  Those darn spots can be caused by many factors, hormone changes, sun exposure or something called melasma. They can also be pre-cancer which can be quite concerning. 

There are many options to treat these spots and working with your aesthetician and dermatologist is the best option for your best care. You can pulverize them with lasers, ie IPL or a lighter versions Clear and Brilliant or using peels, bleaching creams, or other abrasive products that can give pretty great quick fix results but the underlaying issue will still be there, which is INFLAMMATION.   If you do not address this issue your skin it cannot heal and you can have rebounding from most of your treatments or products.  Working to strengthen your skin barrier is of the upmost importance in helping to combat inflammation.    We have many suggestions to help with this issue and we are happy to discuss at your next treatment or consultation. 

Products that contain good quality vitamin c, ectoin, hyaloronic acid, tranzsemic acid, niacinimide, bakuchoil, lactic acid and a very good low dose retinol or retin-a can help. The new exesomes products from PLATED are an excellent addition to healing the skin barrier which again can help in treating your pigmentation.  Be very aware of blue light exposure.

We have been doing PRX (wiqo) at the studio for a few years now on both face and body and the results are startling.  This series of four treatments works by penetrating the deeper layers of skin to stimulate collagen and growth factors that help heal the skin from within.  There is no downtime to this treatment and many of our clients add this to their monthly treatments or even for that red carpet glow.  We also use this on the body to tone the skin of the arms, legs and stomach.   The results are incredible.

Our microneedling treatments with exesomes are incredible to add in to help strengthen the barrier and working with your at home products can have a great benefit on pigmentation. We highly recommend the LYMA LASER for home use.

Please if you have any questions I am here to answer your skin care needs jai