What Is It?

For pigmented areas we use multiple light therapies depending on the situation. IPL blasts a broad-spectrum of light that converts to heat and is absorbed by melanin or hemoglobin, damaging the unwanted areas. Your body then clears the damaged debris naturally. Our Nd:YAG is similar but penetrates deeper into the skin creating a controlled heat to coagulate or break down the targeted melanin or hemoglobin. Q Switch is different in that it has an ultra-short photoacoustic effect shattering pigment particles without much surrounding heat damage. All create a healing cascade where the immune system clears the debris. Alongside the removal of pigmentation, a desired increase in collagen usually follows.

What Does This Treatment Do?

• Vascular issues like spider veins, broken capillaries & cherry angiomas

• Fades sun damage and sunspots

• Some improvement in texture

• Boosts collagen to tighten & rejuvenate

• Can improve acne flares and post acne redness

Who Is It Best For?

• Sun damaged men and women

• Melasma moms with targeted treatments

• Rosacea redness and visible spider veins

• Quick “Glow” without downtime for tone, pore tightening & collagen boost

• Spot pigmentation to the body

Post Care Instructions

• The focus is to keep skin calm cool, hydrated & protected

• May need to use cool compresses for 10-15 minutes at a time

• Use gentle cleansers and pat dry using lukewarm water

• Keep moisturizer on constantly and may include Aquaphor if needed

• Sunscreen with SPF +30 or more and avoid the sun

• No hot showers, saunas or workouts with hard sweating

• Avoid retinols and acids for the first week

• Mineral make-up if needed preferably after day 3

What Can You Expect?

• Your face or area of treatment may feel like a bad sunburn

• Spots may look darker like coffee grounds after treatment looking worse then slough off

• Mild puffiness around eyes and cheeks then improved by day 2

• There can be an “ugly phase” where pigment, redness and vessel bruising can be seen but fades quickly

• Glowing by days 5-7 can be seen but results can build over weeks

Choosing Between Treatments

• If you’re dealing with deeper texture and tone concerns, resurfacing may be the better fit. For surface vascular or pigment issues with minimal downtime, Color Correct is the treatment for you.