Clear & Brilliant Laser - Scottsdale, AZ

Clear & Brilliant Laser –The treatment. I was excited to try this bc there is supposed to be little or no down time and no sloughing like the peels I have gotten. It’s made by the company that does Fraxel and is a lower set wavelength. It should help with acne, pore size, more of a maintenance thing than dramatically corrective. It was recommended to numb first so I did for about 15-20 minutes. The treatment itself was short-about 10-15 minutes. Each area was done in small sections with one pass done vertically then horizontally. The jawline, upper lip & nasal fold area, and undereye/mid cheek area were the most sensitive. The pain wasn’t too bad but it does hurt, luckily only for a few seconds.
Immediately after-I looked like I had a bad sunburn-and it sure felt like one! I was red and starting to swell. I didn’t know exactly what to expect afterwards, I had planned on doing an errand or two but I just wanted to rush home to get some more moisturizer on and a cooling pad for the heat my face felt like it was emitting. I was told swelling and red should last an hour or so. Face was still burning at 2 hours post treatment and lip area was still overly numb from the cream. I gotta remember to avoid the lip area with that stuff! I attempted to put on some sheer Too Faced Foundation to be able to leave the house. It didn’t do much, the redness showed through and under eye area /upper cheek area looked pretty swollen. Later that night when I took the makeup off with some gentle makeup remover wipes, it seemed to inflame my skin again and I turned a little more red. My skin texture was looking a little grainy and the right lower side of my face had subtle vertical track marks where you could see where the laser hit and didn’t hit.

I love this treatment, I have gotten 3 over the last few months and will likely continue to get them periodically. It is a great "refresher" for your skin clarity and pores. It doesn't have the annoyance of the flakiness from post peels and it gives good results. I highly recommend! I do wish it better treated spots but that isn't really its general purpose.

For some reason it is not saving my photo descriptions. You can see the first few post treatment days I have really tiny dots close up, my skin had a sandpaper feel to it. But weirdly my makeup was going on phenomenally on the rough texture...like I had on an awesome super primer!! Weird but true. Last pic you can see my spots didn't go anywhere but my skin clarity is improved as is the texture. The acne I had at the time of treatment turned a pink color but were jumpstarted into the healing process which may have helped in minimizing the scarring from them. This is a great treatment-make sure to give yourself a whole day for down time though. You may be able to go out w some makeup but I found I didn't feel like it with my face burning and all. It kind of tired me out honestly.