On this page we will show pictures of various skin issues and how the lasers are used. This is to educate you about laser skincare and also to manage your expectations such as before/after results, number of appointments that may be needed and the time skin must heal between appointments.
The picture shows a normal freckle which is very small. Next picture shows the Pico Laser targeting the small freckle and causing Frosting. This means the laser hit the skin cells that contain the dark color and affected them correctly. Next, the freckle looks RED. This is because the laser injured the dark cells which is expected.
What happens next is over 4 to 5 weeks the body naturally pushes the dead skin cells with the color up to the surface. The freckle dries similar to a small scab and flakes off or is slowly absorbed into the body. After approximately 4 to 5 weeks the freckle is gone and replaced by new skin with normal color.
A key point is this type of laser works on individual spots. Or, can be used on a larger specific spot.
This picture shows a larger freckle or could be a sun-spot. Because the laser targets a very small spot of skin, the laser is moved across a larger spot like it is a Chess Board with rows and squares. Thinking of your skin as a Chess Board is a good visual. The laser is fired into each square to cover the entire spot.
What can happen is after the 4 week process, you may notice some small remnants of the larger spot still exist. This why an additional appointment may be needed to finish and clear.
This picture is very important. It shows a body part with significant sun damage, freckles and spots. Next, you can see an IPL or intense pulse light device being used. The IPL covers a larger area of skin.
The IPL light hits the freckles and sunspots, even those you cannot yet see. The light damages the colored skin cells causing them to become dark and look like coffee grounds or flakes of pepper. Over 4 to 5 weeks these darker spots will rise up to the skin surface. At the surface these spots dry and slowly flake off over time.
It is not possible for any laser to 100% clear all spots in one appointment. A more realistic situation is 50% are hit and cleared at the first appointment. When all the spots have flaked off your body and skin is back to normal, it will look more clear than before. You can notice any remaining sun or age spots and decide on 2nd or 3rd appointments until your skin is clear enough for you to be satisfied.
Also, the Picolaser can be used to clear specific spots while the IPL is used on a larger area of skin. It is common to use both together to treat stubborn spots and a larger area of skin at the same time.
This picture shows a spider vein. These are usually red or blue. The Pico-Laser can be used to clear spider veins. In this example the spider vein is blue and a 1064 lens is used to target the darker color. When the laser hits the dark color of the vein, the color and blood cells are dissolved. There can be an immediate fading. Over 2 weeks the vein and color may continue being absorbed into the body until gone. If any color from the vein remains this can be cleaned up at the next appointment. With some people spider veins may come back over a long time and can be cleared again as needed.
Lasers do not work on larger vericose veins but can help clear smaller veins such as on nose or cheeks.
This is another important picture. The face has red acne marks with some scars. The Pico laser can clear both dark and red spots. The IPL can use blue light to penetrate skin and kill bacteria that causes acne. The Pico laser when combined with microneedling can cause skin to produce more collagen. Over time this process can cause skin to be more full and younger looking which spreads out acne scars making them less noticeable..
As you can see, doing this correctly requires a step by step intelligent process that takes time to complete. If you are serious about your skin you must go forward with laser skincare knowing how important it is to finish what you started.
This picture shows Melasma or blotchy skin. This is different from Sun Damage. Melasma is caused by skin cells that are over-active and producing too much melanin. This explains the darker blotchy colored skin of melasma.
A - There is no miracle cure for melasma. The goal is to cause Melasma to fade so is less noticeable. There are various skin lightening creams on the market but these do not work when used alone.
B - The 1064 Picolaser can pass through the skin surface to affect deeper layers where the melasma is created. This of the melasma as a boat on the water and the 1064 Picolaser passes through the boat and affects the water under the boat.
The 1064 Picolaser slowly causes skin cells that produce melasma to slow down over-producing the color.
C - The proper skin lightening cream with proven tested ingredients can help lighten melasma from the surface while the 1064 Picolaser affects Melasma from below deeper in the skin. When used together the results are better than just cream or just laser.
D - A normal process is appointments every 2 weeks for 3 months. Then stop the laser and continue using skin lightening cream. Maybe come back for continued laser appointments once every 3 months to keep melasma slowed down while using the cream every day to lighten from the surface.
This picture shows a woman's leg getting hair removal with IPL. #1 laser hair removal works best with dark hair because lasers hit and heat the dark colored hair follicle. Lasers do not work well with blonde or gray hair. #1 The IPL light passes through the skin down to the hair follicle. The dark color of the follicle absorbs energy from the IPL light and heats. The heat damages the hair follicle. Sometimes the hair dies and other times becomes weak and slow to grow back. It may require 3 to 8 appointments to hit all the hairs and cause hair to stop growing or be slow to come back.
A problem in the DR is most clinics and spas use outdated low quality Chinese lasers that lack the power and technology to do this properly. That is why woman often complain about laser hair removal where they go on appointments every month for 6 months to 1 year and still do not achieve positive results.
Only with best quality professional equipment like we have are these luxury laser services able to be done correctly.
When the IPL affects the hair follicle there may be some redness, small bumps or follicles become dark like tiny spots of pepper. These skin reactions mean the IPL light did affect the hair root.
The realistic result is over 3 to 8 appointments 80% of hair follicles were killed leaving 20% that produce slow growing and thin hair. 20% slow growing and thin hair is easy to maintain once achieving this level of success. The correct process is to shave 2 days before appointment. After appointment observe skin for 2 weeks to notice any regrowth of hair. Once hair starts to regrow that is the scientifically correct time to schedule next appointment and repeat this until hair regrowth is very slow.
Buying packages from low priced salons is a waste of time and money because they use old, outdated and low quality equipment from China.
This is the black carbon laser facial also called the Hollywood Facial. A black carbon mask cream is applied to the face. When the cream dries it extracts the dirt and oils.
Instead of using a cloth to wipe the mask off, the laser is used to vaporize the black carbon. This causes the mask to extract even more oil and dirt than is possible with a normal mask.
After the mask is cleared a different pico-laser is used to treat the skin. This laser passes through the surface and goes down to the deeper layers that make collagen. The skin cells are stimulated to produce more collagen which makes skin look more full and healthy.
Same as re-coloring hair every few months, to keep skin looking it's best this treatment must be done once per month or every 2 months.
This picture is important. This is when a medical surgeon uses lasers such as Co2 to melt/burn all layers of skin off the face. This is called Ablation. We do not do this but want you to understand what this is.
In this situation the woman in the picture may have had deep wrinkles. By burning off the layers of skin the wrinkles are also burned off. As the skin slowly and painfully heals and grows back, the new skin looks younger and does not have the wrinkles or other flaws that existed before.
The end result may look impressive. But this is very expensive, painful and takes 6 months to heal.
Our service are for Cosmetic use of lasers to clear skin problems and improve skin appearance. However, we do not burn/melt layers of skin as in this picture. This type of operation must be performed by a trained laser surgeon, and this type of laser is called Co2 which is a surgical laser.
