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New to skincare or not, you may have heard about laser treatments or seen them on your social media news feed a couple of times. Just like anyone daunted by the suspicious beam of light going over the face, you may have felt like laser facials are skin territories you're not ready for.
No one can blame you. Skin is highly personal, and introducing relatively new processes to our skin is a cause for a closer look at laser facials and what they could do to our skin.
For us to truly understand what they are and how they work, let's break things down into three simple questions that often come up when we hear about laser facials:
The Whats
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What exactly is a laser facial?
Laser treatments use skin-safe beams of light to work on skin needs that go beyond what traditional facials could do. The right laser facials work on your skin’s surface or go deep within to help regenerate or boost skin processes. Depending on your skin story, some skin processes need a little more TLC, and laser facials could provide just that in a safe, effective way.
What can it do for my skin?
Laser facials have been in the skincare game for years, and it's often easy to bundle them up into one kind with one function only. However, the best skin places use laser facials to target specific goals based on your needs— from lifting uneven skin pigments from recent breakouts to reducing the appearance of pores. Laser facials can go deep within the skin or safely induce skin healing to help specific skin needs and goals.
What's the best laser facial for me?
It depends on what you want to achieve with your skin! If you want to work on texture and acne marks and scars, perhaps an ablative (meaning it safely induces skin healing so that new skin can resurface!) would work best for you. For brightening up your skin tone and lifting uneven skin pigmentation, a non-ablative laser facial could do just the trick. Some laser facials also tighten and lift loose skin from the natural process of aging, if that's something you're seeing as a goal!
It's ideal to check in on your skin and get down on what you'd want to work on first before nosediving into laser facials. That way, you trim down on the unnecessary treatments and head straight for what would help you get to where you want your skin to be. From there, you can narrow it down based on the best options and what you deserve! We know narrowing down your list of skin goals can be overwhelming, so try out our Skin Quiz for a quick yet effective skin check-in!
The Whos
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Who can get laser facials?
Any Woman (or man!) in Progress can get the laser facial! If you're in your 20s and beyond, there's no time too early or late if these next-level treatments are something you'd like to try out to achieve your skin goals.
The Where
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Where is the best place to get a laser facial?
Because of the promise of laser facials and proven effectiveness, the number of places offering laser facials could overwhelm you, leading you straight to the closest one. Remember, however, that laser facials aren't all the same and the best way to choose a place to have your next-level skincare experience is at a space that cares for your skin as much as you do.
At Simply Skin, we make sure that your laser facial experience is one that you deserve from start to finish. Each Simply Skin treatment was expertly created to help with specific skin goals and needs. Each laser facial was made with a skin story in mind and is personalizable based on where you are with your skin and where you want it to be. With simple, easy, effective laser facials and a skin-loving team that will guide you from when you start your treatment and even after you step out of Our Spaces, you're sure to feel like you made the first step towards making your skincare game better than ever.
Like anything new to us, your first step towards something better for your skin might be a step that requires a little more courage than usual. Our way to make it better for the skincare explorers and those who want to take it up a notch? An easy way to make the first step and keep it going from there.
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