Hyperpigmentation Treatment in Frisco

Hyperpigmentation can form from prolonged, unprotected sun exposure and is often called:

• Sun spots
• Age spots
• Liver spots
• Brown spots
• Solar lentigines

The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays trigger and accelerate the production of melanin. But unlike your suntan, sun spots form from highly concentrated melanin that clumps together instead of spreading out evenly.

Even if you frequently apply SPF and avoid sun exposure, you can still develop hyperpigmentation. This skin condition can also be caused by:

• Hormones
• Genetics
• Injury (acne scarring can leave hyperpigmentation)
• Vitamin deficiencies
• Thyroid disorders
• Adrenal disorders

Many, if not all, of our options for hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco boost the production of collagen. This allows the skin to heal and reduces dark spots on your complexion.

Collagen acts as your skin’s scaffolding, giving it structure, strength and support. It’s also crucial to your body’s wound-healing abilities because it aids in replacing dead or damaged skin cells with new, healthy ones.

With that in mind, we aren’t just reducing the appearance of hyperpigmentation with these treatments; we are also boosting your skin health and providing it with the proteins and tools it needs to stay youthful, clear, and radiant.

Microneedling is a treatment that uses fine, hair-like needles to create micro-wounds on your skin to encourage your body’s natural healing abilities and stimulate collagen production.

These wounds are too small for anyone to notice, but still effective enough to stimulate skin cell turnover.

This hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco typically lasts 1 hour and requires at least 3 sessions, with ongoing maintenance throughout the year.

After each microneedling session, we recommend 48 to 72 hours of social downtime as your skin heals and starts reducing hyperpigmentation and improving tone, strength, and structure.

Before each microneedling session, please follow these instructions:

• Avoid prolonged sun exposure for at least 2 weeks.
• Avoid exfoliating products for at least 1 week.
• Avoid retinol and harsh ingredients for at least 1 week.

After your microneedling sessions, avoid exfoliating products and sun exposure for another 2 weeks. Instead, use gentle, hydrating skincare products that soothe your skin and accelerate healing.

A HydraFacial is more than a hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco. It’s also a nourishing treatment that cleanses your skin and removes debris and dead skin cell buildup. Safe for all skin types and tones, this facial is adaptable and can be tailored to your specific needs.

This 3-step process goes as follows:

1. Cleanse: Using nutrient-rich solutions, we hydrate and cleanse your skin.
2. Extract: Using patented Vortex-Fusion vacuuming technology, we remove build-up deep within your pores.
3. Hydrate: Using targeted serums, we saturate your skin with intense moisturizers to lock in moisture, soothe skin, and reduce pigmentation.

To enhance these results, we also offer an additional step with LED light therapy. This includes a laser light that infuses the serums deeper into your skin and further boosts collagen production.

This treatment requires no pre- or post-care instructions. However, we always recommend avoiding sun exposure for optimal skin health.

Laser skin treatments harness the power of light to stimulate your body’s natural healing abilities and collagen production.

For your hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco, we may recommend the following devices.

• Clear + Brilliant
• Halo Laser
• Excel V

Lasers utilize 2 types of wavelengths:

• Ablative: Removes the top layer of skin (epidermis).
• Nonablative: Bypasses the epidermis to reach the middle layer of skin (dermis) where collagen is produced.

Depending on which device we use, we have specific pre- and post-care instructions we discuss with you during your consultation.

Clear + Brilliant is a gentle, nonablative laser that creates tiny micro-channels on the skin’s surface to allow light to penetrate the epidermis (top layer of skin) and reach the dermis (middle layer of skin).

This device is quick. Treatments usually last 30 minutes or less and still give you a radiant glow after just 1 treatment.

The Halo laser is a hybrid fractional laser that uses both ablative and nonablative wavelengths to improve the skin.

We recommend this laser for patients with severe sun damage because it targets other symptoms of prolonged sun exposure, like uneven skin tone and texture, fine lines, and wrinkles.

This hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco resurfaces your skin, removing its top layer and promoting skin cell turnover for a radiant, even glow. The nonablative wavelengths stimulate collagen production for lasting results.

Halo laser requires at least 1 week of downtime as your skin heals and reveals a halo-like glow.

The Excel V laser uses ablative and nonablative wavelengths of green light to target and break down high concentrations of melanin in your skin.

Excel V usually requires 4 to 6 sessions for best results.

IPL stands for intense pulsed light therapy, another light-based hyperpigmentation treatment in Frisco.

This is a nonablative resurfacing treatment that delivers high-intensity pulses of broad-spectrum light to target pigmentation, redness, and sun damage.

IPL is not a laser, though it often gets confused for one. A laser delivers a precise beam of light to the skin. IPL delivers multiple wavelengths to target redness and other pigmentation issues for a more even-toned complexion.

Unfortunately, this treatment is not safe for all skin tones and is only recommended for patients with Fitzpatrick skin types I-III.

BBL stands for broadband light and is neither an IPL nor a laser treatment.

Instead, it uses intense flashes of both broad-spectrum visible light and infrared light, making it a more advanced device than IPL to target your pigmentation at a deeper and more intense level.

Once the light from the BBL device hits your skin, it is absorbed by the excess melanin and other damaged tissue and converted to thermal energy. This heat permanently damages the cells and breaks them apart.

BBL is unfortunately not safe for all skin tones and is only recommended for Fitzpatrick skin types I-III.

Chemical peels use exfoliating ingredients like glycolic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and more to remove damaged layers of skin and reveal new, healthy layers for a rejuvenated glow.

Chemical peels also stimulate collagen production through controlled injuries as they penetrate your skin at different depths:

• Light Peels: Remove just the epidermis.
• Medium Peels: Remove both the epidermis and portions of your dermis.
• Deep Peels: Remove cells from further within the middle layer of skin.

While safe for all skin types, darker skin tones risk post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which causes skin darkening after your treatment. Your provider will assess your skin and determine if this treatment is safe, or if you would benefit from a HydraFacial, laser treatments, or microneedling instead.

In addition to providing a range of customizable hyperpigmentation treatments in our office, we can also recommend effective at-home products.

These include (but are not limited to):

• ZO Skin Health Pigment Control Program + Hydroquinone
• Senté Cysteamine HSA pigment & Tone Corrector Mask Treatment