Sun Damage Skin Treatment in La Jolla
Often referred to as sun spots, liver spots or age spots, solar lentigines may appear after sun damage to skin from ultraviolet light or tanning booths. They may appear at any age, usually on the hands and face, and people with light skin are particularly susceptible to sun damage to the skin. Sun spots are not serious or life threatening, but because they are perceived as a sign of aging, people with sun spots are often self-conscious about their skin. The spots darken over time and may converge to form larger unattractive splotches that can be embarrassing, particularly if they are on the face.
At FACESplus in San Diego, we know that sun damage can negatively affect your self-confidence and make you appear older than you feel. Please feel free to click on any of the treatments that interest you for additional information.
Fraxel DUAL Laser – NEW!
This new wavelength better addresses pigment and other dyschromia on the entire body with minimal discomfort. The DUAL delivers predictable epidermal turnover with each treatment, nearly all patients see immediate improvement. And due to collagen remodeling, those results are enhanced over weeks and months.
Fraxel re:store Laser
Fraxel re:store treatments are FDA-approved to treat sunspots and other pigment irregularities—on your face and the rest of your body. Fraxel re:store is an effective treatment for moderate to severe sunspots. The downtime from a Fraxel re:store session is minimal, usually only a day or two. Fraxel re:store stimulates new cell growth while destroying sun-damaged areas and leaving healthy skin intact.
Click here to read Fraxel re:store Patient Success Stories.
Fraxel Laser treatments featured on Oprah!
Fraxel re:pair Laser
Fraxel re:pair treatment, like Fraxel re:store, is FDA-approved to effectively treat sunspots on your face and body. However, Fraxel re:pair is the most effective treatment for severely sun-damaged skin. If you have sunspots that you thought could never be treated, Fraxel re:pair is your solution. In many cases, only a single Fraxel re:pair session is necessary. Because Fraxel re:pair is so effective on highly damaged skin, it is a more aggressive treatment, requiring a week or so of downtime as well as post-procedure wound care. Fraxel re:pair also stimulates new cell growth while destroying sun-damaged areas and leaving healthy skin intact.
Fraxel re:pair featured on the NBC Today Show!
IPL (Intense Pulsed Light)
IPL Skin Treatments are FDA-cleared, providing non-invasive, dramatic results for the treatment of sunspots. IPL Skin Treatments using Photorejuvenation transmit a broad spectrum of light that is absorbed and cues your body’s natural processes to replace the treated tissue with new, healthy skin. IPL treats the full face, neck, chest or hands with no downtime necessary. Usually, four to six sessions at three week intervals will successfully address your age & sunspots.
Laser Genesis
Laser Genesis heats the upper dermis well below the surface of your skin, stimulating the regrowth of collagen. Laser Genesis is a safe, discrete and effective treatment for sunspots. Results tend to be subtle yet consistent after each treatment. Four or five treatments are usually enough to give you clearer, more youthful skin. After Laser Genesis treatment, there are no embarrassing or painful side effects, such as skin irritation or bruising. Treatments are so gentle, they can be performed without topical gels or anesthetics.
Pearl Laser
The Pearl laser uses pulses of light to replace the entire top sun-damaged layer of skin with new, healthy skin while stimulating collagen growth. A Pearl laser treatment for sunspots is relatively painless; most patients report a series of short pinches during the treatments. Downtime is minimal, usually only three or four days. Because the Pearl laser treats your entire face, you may only need one or two treatments to renew your skin.
Thermage CPT
Thermage CPT is FDA-approved for the non-invasive, improvement of sunspots. Thermage CPT’s safe and unique radiofrequency (RF) technology heats the deeper layers of your skin, stimulating your existing collagen and promoting new collagen growth, giving you skin that looks and feels noticeably smoother, clearer and younger. In a single treatment, Thermage CPT helps improve skin coloration, appearance and texture with long-lasting results and no downtime.
Click here to read Thermage CPT FAQs.
Click here to watch a Thermage video from the NBC Today Show.
Click here to read Thermage Patient Success Stories.
Click here to view Thermage Before & After Patient Photos.
