It clears colour, not texture
Sun spots, freckling and broken capillaries are pigment and blood, not roughness. Light targets them directly where a resurfacing treatment only fades them.
- Length
- 45 min
- From
- $249
- Area
- Skin
- Downtime
- Seven to ten days
What it is
Broad-spectrum light targeted at pigment and vascular marks, clearing the colour the surface treatments leave behind.
The appointment
Patch test at a prior appointment
Cooling gel and eye protection
Passes over the treatment area
Post-care cream and strict SPF instructions
Right for you if
- Sun spots, freckling and melasma-adjacent pigment
- Broken capillaries and facial redness
- Skin prepared over a winter course
Afterwards
Pigment darkens then flakes away over seven to ten days. No sun exposure in that window.
Your practitioner confirms suitability, strength and the number of sessions at your consultation. Prices are indicative.
Why it is worth it
One session covers a whole area
The full face, the chest or the backs of the hands are treated in a single pass, which makes sun damage across a wide area practical to address.
Winter is the right season
A course run from April to September avoids the sun exposure that would undo it, which is why the clinic plans it that way.
Choosing a practitioner
Ask what skin type scale the clinic uses and where you sit on it. Light devices are unforgiving of guesswork.
Asked about ipl
What does it feel like?
A rubber band flick with a cool gel underneath. Uncomfortable in short bursts rather than painful.
Why does my pigment look darker afterwards?
That is the treatment working. Treated spots darken, come to the surface and flake away over seven to ten days. Do not pick at them.
Do I really need a patch test?
Yes, at a prior appointment, at no charge. It is how we set your settings safely and it is never skipped.
How many sessions?
Three to four, spaced four weeks apart, for most sun damage. Vascular marks sometimes clear in fewer.
Start with a plan, not a guess.
A 45 minute mapping appointment reads your skin and sets the order of treatments. Nothing is booked until you agree to it.