What each guru said
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Doctor Youn
✓Worth it
“if you've got issues with sunspots and you want an inside outside one two punch to get rid of them and to hopefully prevent them from coming back then I recommend that you combine IPL or intense pulse light treat M they're kind of like laser treatments with those creams that I mentioned before”
Hyram
✓Worth it
“And there's also scarero therapy. No. Oh, I actually did pronounce it right. Wow, that never happens. Scarotherapy is an injection that is commonly used to treat varicose veins. And they also do use that on the face to help reduce any obvious or physical veins on the under eye area or around the face.”
Doctorly
✓Worth it
“some of the resurfacing lasers like CO2 like Herum by creating little microtrauma to the skin even microneedling can have this effect you will actually cause collagen to build you will cause the skin to tighten through wound healing mechanisms and so it can also tighten permanently tighten the areas underneath the eyes”
Dr Dray
✓Worth it
“what can get rid of that unfortunately topicals don't really touch that at all and once those develop it's going to be light based devices to clear those up to Target them to seal them up with light based energy so that they involute and go away so for example intense pulse light IPL in other words is an option”
Cassandra Bankson
✓Worth it
“if you want tighter skin literally use retinoids radio frequency uh or like radio frequency micro needling or lasers or chemical peels those are the things that are actually going to tighten the skin and have been medically proven to do so”
208SkinDoc
✓Worth it
“This is the carbon laser peel. A carbon-based lotion is put on the skin before the laser is fired and the laser instantly vaporizes those carbon particles and it really can brighten the skin. It's a very low downtime treatment. The results are really nice, but it's very short-lived.”
Dr. Shereene Idriss
✓Worth it
“althera is one that has a bad rep when you go on Reddit or you go on real self I don't know where these people are going I don't know who these trolls are I've been doing this for over 10 years I buy the device from the manufacturer I buy the heads from the manufacturer I'm not trying to skimp I do it correctly I do not do it too often usually once every year and a half to 2 years if you do not want to facelift and you're older maybe a little bit more regularly than that but when done correctly it can really create a more defined jawline”
James Welsh
✕Skip it
“Six laser sessions, all making her $8,000 more out of pocket.”
Mixed Makeup
✓Worth it
“I'll probably do some kind of like a laser treatment eventually. You know, I've been actually doing frail on my incision for my tummy tuck. I'll have an update on that, but it's fantastic. I've done my second treatment and my my scar looks incredible. It's getting so much better.”
HotandFlashy
✓Worth it
“I mean I could not believe what it did for the wrinkles around my eyes it even reduce my wrinkles that you can't get at with anything even with botox even with in-office treatment like the wrinkles directly under my eyes so soften so minimized so much less deep so much less long so much less everything using this”
Dr. Vanita Rattan
✕Skip it
“the standard lasers, peels, and facials are actually a trauma trigger.”
Liah Yoo
✓Worth it
“laser treatments like All Therapy can also work as well”
Lab Muffin Beauty Science
✓Worth it
“my spots are still pretty faded from that I'm sure they will come back because of my genetics and just living in Australia where the sun is very much a deadly laser but my skin tone is definitely still more even than it was”
Dr. Sam Ellis
✓Worth it
“I would say the number one best thing to focus on when it comes to rejuvenating your chest is getting an even tone So taking out that red and brown discoloration even if you do nothing else for the wrinkles or the texture if you take away those reds and browns that splotchiness and you even out the tone of the skin your skin will look so much more youthful and your chest will look a thousand times better”
The Budget Dermatologist
~Depends
“laser treatment or even peels when done carefully by a very skilled provider and that is how you can prevent and improve that creepy under eye skin”
Dr. Daniel Sugai
~Depends
“I sometimes will you know demo some devices like radio frequency Microneedling or ablative laser so I have those things but it does not take away the scars completely scars are permanent when it comes to acne and it takes a lot of money and a lot of time and Technology to reduce and make them you know kind of disappear”
Gothamista
~Depends
“There was definitely a subtle improvement and I know this for sure because I was getting a lot of compliments for my skin at the time and that was the only thing that I did differently.”
Dr Alexis Stephens
✓Worth it
“now when patients come to see me here in the clinic i do recommend laser hair removal often”
Dr. Somji Skin
✓Worth it
“as you can see with this patient she's had an aggressive CO2 laser which is fully ablative that means that she's got downtime of even more than four or 5 weeks you don't need to be so aggressive but a lot of patients see me from abroad and they want that one and done treatment you can see that you can get amazing results”
Dr. Jenny Liu
✓Worth it
“it really takes down the heat as well as like the redness that comes with like any sort of like non really ideally non-ablative procedure.”
Dr. Mamina
✓Worth it
“I would look into things like cosmetic procedures whether it's chemical peels micro needling lasers Botox these are all going to be very helpful to do alongside topical skin care”
Caroline Hirons
✓Worth it
“IPL is really great at getting rid of pigmentation issues or be it temporarily until the sun comes back out but great for a wedding I had it ahead of my wedding um but no downtime your skin will look great”
Minkology 101 & Skincare
✕Skip it
“she could but do I recommend it I don't I don't recommend the laser for Miss e”
The Style and Beauty Doctor
✓Worth it
“I've also done laser hair removal for my bikini area, my underarms, my chest. And I started to do laser for my chin and my um upper lip. The upper lip that went smoothly. Like I I don't think I've seen a hair on my upper lip.”
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
✓Worth it
“They can also help reduce inflammation and accelerate repair after procedures like micro needling or lasers.”
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
✓Worth it
“I use this on my entire face for the brightening and pore. I do it twice a week. So, it's up here. DPL. Uh DPL. So, Tuesdays and Saturdays are my days that I do my whole face with the brightening and pore. And I'm telling you, you can feel your pores shrink. You can feel your pores tighten when you do your entire face.”
Skin Obsessed Mary
✓Worth it
“I actually did my laser last night and went to bed and my face was really irritated cuz I went up to level three for the first time. And I'm telling you, I went to bed going, 'Oh my gosh, did I overdo it?' Woke up in the morning, no redness whatsoever.”
Beyond50Skin
~Depends
“I did not see any results from this when I did my three-way trial. I'll leave that video down below, but I know so many of you are curious about home radio frequency. I think if you have just the very beginnings of some lines and some jowel sagging, you can possibly see a difference with this.”
C3
Channel 33043
✓Worth it
“When I got that done, I had no idea this was going to happen because I'd already had it done one time before, but it was for overall redness and kind of background redness.”
C5
Channel 51845
✓Worth it
“I have seen great results. However, it's something that you do have to keep up because when you see the vellis hair, the thin hairs, the light hairs that come, then you got to keep doing it.”
C9
Channel 903399
✓Worth it
“The most effective at-home solution I've used so far that tackles both problems at home and it's very efficient so you don't have to wait a year or more to see results.”
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C1
Channel 139428
~Depends
“They target the melanin and just destroy it. They do not, we'll come to that later, destroy the melanocytes. They destroy the melanin so your skin looks brighter quicker than it does with topicals. Again need an experienced practitioner because also can make things worse because some of them work with heat and heat can trigger melasma.”
C1
Channel 1329117
✓Worth it
“one of my favorites is the fraxel laser but a fraxel laser laser if you really want to see a beautiful difference in brown spots pore size firming tone texture of the skin really get that that resurfacing glow”
C2
Channel 25623
✓Worth it
“they're amazing. Like, they really do like retexturize your skin. Like, I noticed my pores definitely feel a lot more smaller. I'm not as oily. I feel like my skin barrier is just like getting more. It's getting healthier.”
C4
Channel 456137
✓Worth it
“Plus, I'm having illumi facial IPL laser to try and help reduce broken capillaries and redness in my skin as well.”
C1
Channel 13406
✓Worth it
“Dr. Sarah does like the best facial laser. She does BBL and Moxy. And when I say my skin has never looked better”
C7
Channel 737449
~Depends
“I love the Mimi Silk so much. I've not been using my Nero. Once I got the Mimi Silk, it kind of took the place of the Nerra and I just find that this has kind of fallen behind the times and it's not something that I reach for.”
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