All treatments
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Pigmentation programme
A plan for melasma and sun damage, run over a season and not over an afternoon.
course of 3
- Minutes: 30 minutes
- Minutes
- Lasts: seasonal, and repeated each year
- Lasts
- Downtime: 1–3 days
- Downtime
- From: from $120
- From
What to expect
- before
- Stop retinol for a week.
- Bring the products you are using.
- Start it in autumn if you can.
- during
- A peel or a laser pass, chosen for the season.
- Thirty minutes.
- The plan matters more than the session.
- after
- One to three days of flaking.
- Sunscreen every day, without exception.
- Reviewed each season.
The days after
- Day 0Little to see; the programme starts gently.
- Day 3Some dryness from the creams is normal.
- Day 7The spots begin to fade at the edges.
- Day 14The first visible change. The programme runs the season.
What it will not do
Pigment comes back with the sun. This is a programme you run every year, not a treatment you have once.
Where it works
The pigment sits in the epidermis, and that is where the work is done.
Where on the bodyCheeks
It starts with a consultation.
Only the doctor injects, and she will tell you when the answer is no.