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. Aanchal MD
✓Worth it
“you can also go for fractional CO2 laser sessions especially if the texture in that area is different if it is thickened or there are scars or you want to improve the overall quality of the skin then fractional CO2 laser helps in getting rid of the dark patches as well as improves the quality of skin”
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
“but now everybody can do a laser and you can use it for all skin types it can be safely done I I've done laser treatments with zero down time it's pretty impactful too and I it's just it just creates such a nice glow to the skin it can be pricey which is why people go abroad I understand but lasers and peels all day every day”
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Alexandra Anele
✓Worth it
“by the third week I saw a massive difference and I was like pretty shocked”
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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
~Depends
“However, the best treatment overall, even more than my kit, is going for ND YAG laser. That completely kills the follicle. It stops the hair growth completely, and that will also stop PIH from hair removal.”
Liah Yoo
✓Worth it
“laser treatments like All Therapy can also work as well”
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”
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”
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
“Now, if you have deeper, more structural concerns and you want something more targeted and powerful at dealing with the signs of aging, then that's where I feel the laser devices can be really effective.”
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Dr Alexis Stephens
✓Worth it
“now when patients come to see me here in the clinic i do recommend laser hair removal often”
Nipun Kapur
✓Worth it
“because facials that really work are medical facials if you are doing some kind of a treatment so like a photon 4D laser or if you're doing a red light therapy or something like that that's actually working on your skin”
Dr. Somji Skin
✓Worth it
“CO2 lasers fantastic you can do it for example around the eyes for um kind of around probably around £900 a session um sometimes as cheap as 450 but if you're going to go stronger the session prices may be a little bit higher um and generally you only need like two or three sessions um with CO2 laser and it works very very well for patients with looser skin especially above the eye area”
Dr. Jenny Liu
✓Worth it
“we commonly would app with laser because those are usually the most effective we commonly treat individuals with rosacea um for that because that's one of the biggest concerns when it comes to sensitive skin and rosacea is the the redness at Baseline along with visible broken capillaries or veins on the face”
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
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“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
“as we get older sometimes we need a little bit more than which you can run down to the CVS or the Sephora and get there is a whole world a professional treatments that can help us as we age I'm talking chemical peels prescription creams RF micro needling lasers Etc”
Dr. Aleksandra Brown
✓Worth it
“lasers are going to be typically just a little bit more expensive than microneedling non-ablative lasers are going to have less down time also less results some of the examples of non-ablated lasers are things like your herum your fraxel a blade of lasers or things like CO2”
Tea with MD
✓Worth it
“It's really great for total facial flushing it's great for little cherry angiomas if you have certain little spots that are red it's really great for for telangectasias or visible squiggly blood vessels”
Kelly Driscoll
✓Worth it
“as more Derm fluenc enter the space dermatologists influencers content creators um you know the professionals who administer these types of procedures like micro needling and Laser um as they all start to create more content I think that we have more information about what these procedures are”
No BS Beauty
✓Worth it
“using something with exomes afterwards help helps them increase their penetration so that might be the biggest uh kind of thing that people talk about when they talk about exomes those don't penetrate they're useless you know they just sit on top of your skin but if you can do something like micro needling or if you do a laser treatment things like that they might become more effective”
Dr. Whitney Bowe
✓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”
Doctor Anne
~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.”
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
✓Worth it
“as you guys know I love to get the occasional in-office treatment a light fraxel an IPL now and then just to keep the pigment at Bay to keep my skin smooth to keep everything looking fresh it's amazing what the occasional in office treatment can do”
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