The K-beauty trend may have emerged stateside years ago, but the concept of glass skin—skin so smooth and luminous that it resembles glass—is a newer phenomenon, one made possible by TikTok and dedicated face serums alike. And while skin-care products can indeed help, certain in-office procedures can be even better for making glass skin possible.<\/p>
Firstly, these procedures are more specific in their targets. Lasers and devices can address “various skin concerns like hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, and texture issues to achieve the smooth, clear, and radiant complexion often referred to as ‘glass skin,’” says Dr. Dendy Engelman<\/a>, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City. On top of that, procedure results often last longer than, say, a moisturizer—meaning you’ll get weeks and months, as opposed to a few hours, of the glass-skin look. With that in mind, here are the treatments doctors recommend for getting glass skin.<\/p> While all fractional laser resurfacing—which uses lasers to target small areas of the skin (aka “fractions”) and create controlled injuries, ultimately triggering collagen production to smooth skin texture—few are as helpful for glass skin as Clear + Brilliant, says Dr. Engelman.<\/p> “It’s a gentle laser that creates microscopic treatment zones in the skin, promoting collagen production and skin renewal,” she says. “It improves skin tone and texture and reduces pore size, offering a radiant and even complexion.” Better yet, there’s little to no downtime—and unlike some treatments, it works for all skin tones.<\/p> This radiofrequency microneedling treatment offers two benefits in a single treatment, according to Dr. Darren Smith<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City. For one, as with Clear + Brilliant, it creates thousands of tiny injuries (this time, using microneedles instead of lasers) that heal invisibly but, in doing so, spur the production of additional collagen and elastin.<\/p> “In addition to physical micro injuries, the device delivers radiofrequency energy, to further upregulate the production of the building blocks of renewed, glowing skin,” says Dr. Smith. Another bonus: it works for all skin tones and comes with just social downtime (meaning you might not want to attend a wedding) of up to three days.<\/p>Clear + Brilliant<\/a><\/h2>
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