Reverse facial spots and restore your skin
Beautiful and healthy skin is everyone’s goal.
The best way to keep your skin free of age spots and sun spots is a daily maintenance plan that includes sun block protection. However, as we age, our previous sun exposure can surface in the form of darker pigment, wrinkles and tiny blood vessels. If brown spots are left untreated, they can lead to a more damaging and potentially dangerous skin condition called Actinic Keratosis (AK). Even more serious, these can further progress into basal cell carcinoma. The good news is that you can begin to correct and reverse this progressive process with intense pulsed light treatments (IPL) at Dr. Christi’s Medical Spa in Houston, Texas.
Treatment details
Treatment type
Photofacial
# of Treatments Needed
3 to 5
Treatment time
45 Minutes
Downtime
None
Sun spots
Sun damage
Brown spots
Freckles
Pigmentation
How IPL Photofacial in Houston works
Step 1
Our Cutera limelight system uses visible light in a spectrum of wavelengths to treat sun damaged skin, brown spots, tiny red facial vessels (telangiectasia), and overall redness.
Prior to treatment, you'll meet with our team for a one-on-one consultation to make a proper recommendation.
Step 2
During the treatment, the brown spots and superficial red vessels absorb this light energy, beginning the process to remove and correct the sun damaged skin.
The Cutera limelight system was developed to selectively target the sun-damaged pigment without damaging the normal skin area. These procedures use a light-based technology that produces wavelengths to react with the affected sun spot pigment causing it to follow a path of healing and flaking off over a short period of time.
Step 3
Treatment time for an entire face will take approximately 30 minutes, while a neck and chest is around 45 minutes.
Two passes of the device placed directly on the skin provide the basis for your redness to begin to lighten and brown spots darken and then flake off.
Benefits of IPL Photofacial in Houston
As one of the most effective anti-aging treatments available, there are a number of benefits to getting an IPL Photofacial in Houston at ChristiMD Med Spa. These include:
Non-invasive treatment
Dissolves discolored skin cells
Replenishes collagen
Little to no downtime
Less than 1 hour per treatment
Real results
Your IPL Photofacial results
This treatment is non-ablative and non-invasive with no social downtime needed. You will experience a slight redness following the treatment. In order to achieve a safe and full clearance, 3-5 treatments may be needed based on the severity, skin type and background pigment colorations.
Dr. Christi Pramudji, MD, explains Intense Pulsed Light therapy, or IPL. This treatment is great for rosacea, sunspots, and sun damage.
Discover in this video from the MedSpa at ChristiMD in Houston, TX, what IPL can do for you, and whether you’re a candidate. Beautiful and healthy skin is everyone’s goal!
a passionate, experienced medical team
Choosing the right medical spa is the key to realizing the best outcomes.
The ChristiMD staff members are professional, knowledgeable, and compassionate. We are all brought together by a commitment to providing a trustworthy, welcoming space for every visitor who walks through our doors.
Operating inside Methodist Medical Office Building Two, we have access to highly advanced medical treatments that aren’t available under one roof anywhere else in Houston.
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Frequently Asked Questions
By using the Cutera Limelight IPL, Dr. Christi and her staff have the unique ability to shift the treatment wavelengths depending on the application and skin type. This means we can treat more skin tones and accommodate the melanin and hemoglobin absorption as well as the cooling and time of pulse delivery.
As reported in a clinical paper from Scripps Clinic Dermatologist Victor Ross,
“The LimeLight device is unique in its design because it makes pulsed light much more specific for the condition it’s treating and is able to shift between modes/wavelengths for different skin types and severity of conditions. It’s similar to having three different wavelengths in one box using the shorter wavelengths in the 500-600 nm range for vascular type procedures and longer wavelengths for pigment.”
Patients receiving an IPL photofacial in Houston should expect all of the following after treatment
- Localized redness may occur in treatment area for up to 24 hours
- Crusting and darkening of brown spots beginning after 24 hours and for up to 3-4 days
- Flaking of “peppery looking spots” over a period of a week to two weeks
- Re-treatment can be performed once the crusting has cleared; generally 1-3 weeks
- You should avoid artificial tanning, sun exposure without sun protection, in the 4 weeks following treatment
While every patient is different, a typical treatment protocol consists of a series of 3 to 5 treatments performed every 2 to 4 weeks.