Clear + Brilliant

Your skin will be a little pink right after treatment, but you can resume all normal activities immediately. It is recommended you avoid going in the sun without sunscreen, which you should wear at all times anyway! The majority pinkness or redness should resolve within 24 hours, though you may experience rough patches as the skin exfoliates over the next 7 to 10 days. You should take the night off from wearing makeup, to ensure makeup doesn’t enter the deeper layers of the skin through the columns of treated skin. The same goes for any skin care products, which may have unintended effects if allowed to deeply penetrate the skin. Retinoids (retinol) and corticosteroids should be avoided for 1-2 weeks before and after treatment, to avoid over-stimulation of the skin as it prepares and recovers from the laser treatment. During your consultation, the physician will cover all the details you’ll need to know to ensure your treatment is easy, quick, and produces wonderful results.

This varies for everyone, but most people see the best result after 4 to 6 treatments, spaced 2-4 weeks apart. After that, we recommend follow up treatments a few times a year to maintain your good results. These are general guidelines — we always tailor each patient’s skincare regimen to their unique needs. We do offer discounted package rates to help make the treatment regimen more affordable, and this can be financed.

No, we do not offer (nor suggest) laser treatments of any kind during pregnancy, and heres why: There has never been (and will never be, due to the immense liabilities) any study into the safety of such treatments, and so we think its best to play it safe.

Yes, Clear + Brilliant can help resurface away acne scars, when the appropriate settings are used, and multiple treatments are done.

Be gentle with your skin following clear + brilliant laser treatment. Avoid exfoliation (chemical, including retinols or exfoliating washes, and physical, such as a face brush like Clarisonic), protect your skin from sun exposure for at least 2 weeks, avoid irritating skincare products for at least 3-4 days (such as Vitamin C, Retinoids/Retinols, & Hydroquinone, etc.), and consider using a skincare regimen meant for moisturizing and replenishing post-laser skin.

There are two wavelengths that Clear and Brilliant laser uses. The 1927 nm wavelength is the most popular and improves fine lines, texture and pigmentation. The other wavelength, 1550 is used more for deep wrinkles and scars.

A typical treatment for the entire face takes about 30 minutes and is very comfortable. The Clear + Brilliant handpiece is gently guided over the treatment area, while the patented Intelligent Optical Tracking System ensures proper contact with the skin and an even application of the laser’s energy. We offer a topical numbing cream for this procedure.

Clear+Brilliant works best as a series of treatments, so that’s the first key to maximizing results. After your treatments, you’ll want to be fastidious about wearing sunscreen to protect your new skin. You’ll also want to periodically have maintenance treatments. Most patients have these once or twice a year to maintain their results.

There are many different laser options on the market, and we own well over 50 in our practice. Each does different things best. Clear + Brilliant is the best option for laser resurfacing with the least downtime for recovery. However, there are other non-laser options for skin resurfacing that also offer very little or no downtime. MicroRejuve℠ is a microneedling treatment with Hyaluronic Acid Filler and Botox which offers no-downtime smoothing of fine lines and skin texture improvement. Results from this procedure are instant and improve over time as the body grows new collagen. However, this procedure cannot target dark discoloration or skin pigment concerns the way a laser can. This treatment is very slightly more expensive than Clear+Brilliant due to the high cost of the Botox and fillers included in this treatment. Q-Switched Nd:Yag laser treatments can target pigmentation and offer skin tightening and toning results that are superior to Clear+Brilliant in a single session, with a similar downtime required. This treatment is slightly more expensive than Clear+Brilliant.

If you are going to exfoliate after having Clear and Brilliant laser, it should be no sooner than a few days after your treatment, and it should be gentle. Your skin will feel rough for a few days after this treatment, and thats a good sign that it is working to cause cell turnover. What you dont want to do is irritate the skin, which is already a little inflamed, because too much inflamation can lead to scarring or other bad outcomes. Please remember that scrubbing brushes, like Clarisonic, are exfoliating, and that is too much to do for at least 3-4 days after this laser, if not a week. Retinols can be restarted around day 4 or later, depending upon how sensitive your skin still feels.

Yes, but its important you do not have a recent tan or sunburn within 2 weeks before or after this treatment, or any other laser or heat-based treatment, because skin can react poorly when this occurs.

Clear and Brilliant is a gentle resurfacing laser, which can be performed every 2-4 weeks. If using this for rejuvenation, it is recommended to do at monthly intervals for a total of 3-4 treatments, then biannually from there.

Clear + Brilliant works well on all skin types, including dark and olive skin tones. This is because the laser is attracted to water within the skin, not melanin cells (cells which give skin its color).