LaseMD

LaseMD delivers thousands of microscopic columns of thermal energy into the skin, treating a fraction of the surface at a time and leaving healthy tissue between each column intact. That untreated tissue is what drives rapid healing — it is the reason a fractional laser can do meaningful work without the week of downtime a fully ablative resurfacing requires.

The 1927nm thulium wavelength is absorbed strongly by water and sits relatively superficially, which is exactly where pigment problems live. That makes it particularly effective on melasma-adjacent discoloration, sun spots, and general dullness compared to deeper-penetrating devices.

It is non-ablative: the surface stays largely intact and the energy works below it. You are not left with an open wound, which is why patients are typically presentable the next day.

Immediately after the laser pass, the skin's microchannels are transiently open and absorption is dramatically increased. We use that window to drive in a topical chosen for your concern — vitamin C for brightness and antioxidant support, tranexamic acid for pigment, or a growth-factor serum for repair.

This step is a meaningful part of why the treatment is called the glow laser. The laser does the structural work; the infusion is what patients notice in the mirror three days later.

Which serum we use is a clinical decision made at the appointment based on what your skin is doing that week, not a fixed package.

Plan for 30-45 minutes including about 20 minutes of topical numbing. The treatment itself is warm with a light prickling sensation — most patients describe it as very manageable and considerably milder than they expected from the word laser.

Afterward the skin is pink and feels like a mild sunburn, usually settling within a few hours to a day. Days two and three often bring a fine, sandpapery texture and light flaking as treated tissue sheds; it is subtle and covers with makeup.

Glow arrives within a few days. Improvement in tone, clarity, and texture continues over the following weeks as collagen remodels.

Sessions are $750, or $675 for members. A series of three to four spaced roughly a month apart delivers the clearest refinement; many patients then maintain with one or two treatments a year.

Against microneedling at $500, LaseMD costs more per session and is the better tool for pigmentation, sun damage, and overall clarity. Microneedling is the better value for texture, pores, and shallow scarring. They are complementary rather than competing, and plenty of patients do both across a year.

Against BioRePeel at $450, LaseMD is a substantially deeper treatment with real, if short, downtime. BioRePeel maintains; LaseMD changes.

Good candidates have sun damage, uneven pigmentation, dullness, or early textural change and can commit to strict sun protection. Deeper skin tones can be treated, but settings must be conservative and we will discuss post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation risk honestly before booking.

For a week afterward: mineral sunscreen daily and reapplied, no active skincare for 48-72 hours, no picking at flaking skin, and no saunas, hot yoga, or heavy sweating for 48 hours. Sun exposure in the days after a laser is the reliable way to undo the result.

We postpone for active infection or cold sore outbreaks, recent isotretinoin, recent sun exposure or tanning, and during pregnancy. A history of cold sores warrants antiviral prophylaxis if we are treating the perioral area.