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Lucidum

Treatments

Intense pulsed light

0.05 to 0.30 mm

Dermis papillaris, upper dermis

Finds pigment and small vessels, and breaks them up.

A pulsed light handpiece held flat against a man’s cheekbone over cool gel, his eyes behind dark shields
Time
30 to 45 min
Downtime
Spots darken 7 to 10 days
Plan
3 sessions, 4 weeks apart
From
$450
Layer
Dermis papillaris
Performed by
Nurse or physician

Filtered flashes of light are absorbed by pigment at the floor of the epidermis and by blood in the vessels just under it. Sun spots darken and flake off; redness fades.

Where it works

Light picks its target by color, so the depth is set by what absorbs it, not by force. Your skin tone decides the settings, and on a tan we do not treat.

  1. Stratum corneum0.00
  2. Epidermis0.02Intense pulsed light
  3. Dermis papillaris0.10Intense pulsed light
  4. Dermis reticularis0.50
  5. Subcutis2.00
  6. Periosteum6.00
Layers of facial skin, not to scale. Intense pulsed light reaches 0.05 to 0.30 mm.
A man in dark eye shields on a treatment chair as a pulsed light handpiece is held over his cheek

What it cannot do

Melasma can get worse with light. If your pigment looks like melasma, we will not use this, and we will tell you what we would use instead.

A typical plan: 3 sessions, 4 weeks apart. Yours is set at the consultation.

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