Laser Skin Treatments at DAELA Portland

Top 10 Reasons to Get a Laser Facial at DAELA Portland

1. Targeted Skin Concerns: Laser skin treatments can effectively address a variety of concerns, including acne scars, fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation issues, and uneven texture, giving you a more refined complexion.

2. Minimal Downtime: Many laser skin treatments require little to no downtime, allowing you to return to your daily activities quickly while still enjoying rejuvenated skin.

3. Long-lasting Results: With proper care, the results from laser skin treatments can be long-lasting, providing significant improvement in your skin’s appearance that endures over time.

4. Customized Treatments: At DAELA, we tailor each laser skin treatment to your specific skin type and concerns, ensuring the best possible outcome for your unique needs.

5. Safe and Effective: Our advanced laser technology is designed for safety and efficacy, providing reliable results with minimal side effects when performed by skilled professionals.

6. Stimulates Collagen Production: Laser skin treatments promote collagen production, helping to improve skin elasticity and firmness, which can reduce the signs of aging.

7. Quick Procedures: Most laser skin treatments are relatively quick, often completed in under an hour, making them convenient for busy schedules.

8. Non-invasive Option: Laser skin treatments offer a non-invasive alternative to surgical procedures, providing rejuvenating results without the need for extensive recovery.

9. Improves Skin Tone and Texture: Laser treatments can enhance your overall skin tone and texture, resulting in a smoother, more even complexion.

10. Boosts Confidence: Achieving clearer, healthier-looking skin can significantly boost your confidence and self-esteem, allowing you to put your best face forward.

The Benefits of Rotating Monthly Microneedling & Laser Skin Treatments

Combining microneedling and laser skin treatments in a rotating monthly schedule is an advanced approach to skin rejuvenation that maximizes results while optimizing skin recovery. These two treatments complement each other beautifully, targeting different layers of the skin to improve texture, tone, and overall health.

Why Combine Microneedling & Laser Skin Treatments?

Both microneedling and laser treatments stimulate collagen production, but they work in different ways. Rotating them each month allows the skin to benefit from their unique mechanisms while ensuring optimal healing time between sessions.

• Microneedling focuses on creating controlled micro-injuries to stimulate collagen and elastin production, improving skin texture, fine lines, and acne scars.
• Laser Skin Treatments target pigmentation, redness, and deeper skin layers to enhance clarity, reduce sun damage, and refine pores.

By alternating these treatments, you can maintain consistent skin improvement without over-stressing the skin.

Key Benefits of a Rotating Treatment Plan

1. Accelerates Skin Renewal

   • Microneedling enhances skin regeneration by triggering collagen production at a superficial level.
   • Laser skin treatments work deeper, addressing pigmentation, vascular concerns, and fine lines.
   • The combination leads to faster and more dramatic skin renewal than either treatment alone.

2. Addresses Multiple Skin Concerns Simultaneously

   • Microneedling helps with fine lines, acne scars, large pores, and overall skin texture.
   • Lasers reduce hyperpigmentation, redness, broken capillaries, and deeper wrinkles.
   • This dynamic approach ensures comprehensive skin improvement.

3. Maximizes Collagen Stimulation

   • Microneedling and laser both stimulate collagen production, but in different ways.
   • By alternating treatments, you continuously encourage collagen remodeling for firmer, more youthful skin.

4. Enhances Skin’s Ability to Absorb Active Ingredients

   • Microneedling creates microchannels that allow serums (such as PRF, hyaluronic acid, or vitamin C) to penetrate deeper.
   • Laser treatments resurface the skin, making it more receptive to high-quality skincare products.

5. Reduces Downtime While Maintaining Consistent Results

   • Alternating treatments allows the skin to recover more efficiently.
   • While laser treatments can have a few days of redness and peeling, microneedling has minimal downtime.
   • This rotation keeps the skin improving while minimizing extended recovery periods.

6. Long-Term Skin Health & Maintenance

   • Monthly treatments create a cumulative effect, continually boosting collagen, reducing sun damage, and refining the skin.
   • Over time, this leads to smoother, brighter, and healthier skin with long-lasting results.

Example of a Rotating Treatment Schedule

• Month 1: Laser Skin Treatment with PicoWay Resolve
• Month 2: Microneedling with PRF or hyaluronic acid
• Month 3: Laser Skin Treatment
• Month 4: Microneedling
  (Continue alternating each month for optimal results.)

Who Can Benefit from This Approach?

• Individuals looking for anti-aging solutions with minimal downtime.
• Clients with acne scars, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, or uneven skin texture.
• Those who want to maintain long-term skin health and collagen production.

Final Thoughts

A rotating microneedling and laser skin treatment plan provides the best of both worlds—deep skin rejuvenation with laser treatments and enhanced texture, hydration, and collagen production with microneedling. This strategic approach ensures your skin is continuously improving while maintaining a natural, youthful glow.

4-Weeks Prior to your laser facial:

• Avoid sun exposure: Minimize sun exposure and use broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher on the treatment area for at least four weeks before the procedure.
• Sun exposure can increase the risk of complications such as burns, hyperpigmentation, and uneven results.

2 Weeks prior:

• Avoid certain medications and skincare products: Avoid using retinoids, glycolic acid, salicylic acid, and other exfoliating agents for
•  Inform your provider about any prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, supplements, or topical products you are using.

3-Days Prior:

• Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of water in the days leading up to the procedure to keep your skin hydrated and enhance the healing process
• Avoid smoking and alcohol: Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption can impair the skin's ability to heal properly and increase the risk of complications. Try to avoid smoking and limit alcohol consumption in the days leading up to the procedure.
• Discontinue any irritant topical agents for 2-3 days prior to treatment.
•  Discontinue supplements such as iron supplements or herbal supplements such as ginkgo, ginseng or garlic and fish oil. 

The day of the laser facial:

• We will cleanse the area to be treated, but we do ask that you not arrive with heavy makeup in the area to be treated, light makeup is no problem to remove before the laser treatment.

After undergoing laser skin treatments, it's crucial to follow proper post-care instructions to optimize results and minimize complications.

Here are some general guidelines:

1. Follow your providers instructions: Your skincare professional will provide specific instructions tailored to your skin type. Follow their guidance closely.

2. Protect your skin from the sun: Avoid direct sun exposure for a few weeks following the treatment, as your skin will be more sensitive to UV rays. Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher, and wear protective clothing, hats, and sunglasses when outdoors.

3. Keep your skin hydrated: Use gentle, non-irritating moisturizers to keep your skin hydrated. Avoid products containing harsh chemicals, fragrances, or exfoliating agents until your skin has fully healed.

4. Avoid picking or scratching: It's normal for your skin to feel sensitive or itchy after laser treatment, but avoid picking, scratching, or rubbing the treated area to prevent infection and scarring.

5. Use gentle skincare products: Avoid using harsh or abrasive skincare products for at least a week after treatment. Stick to gentle cleansers and moisturizers recommended by your dermatologist.

6. Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of water to keep your skin hydrated from the inside out.

7. Avoid heat exposure: Avoid hot baths, saunas, steam rooms, and intense workouts that cause excessive sweating for the first few days after treatment.

8. Be patient: It may take some time for your skin to fully heal and for you to see the final results of your laser treatment. Be patient and follow your skincare professional's advice for the best outcome.

• laser facials with the PicoWay Resolve are fairly quick and involve minimal discomfort.
• Topica numbing is not required but we have it available if you'd prefer.
• The sessions are quick, effective, and provide minimal discomfort!

The Picoway Resolve is a fractional picosecond laser system used for non-ablative skin resurfacing and rejuvenation.

1. It's designed to address various aesthetic concerns and offer several skin treatments.
2. Skin Rejuvenation: Picoway Resolve can improve overall skin tone and texture by stimulating collagen production. It can reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and enlarged pores, resulting in smoother and more youthful-looking skin.

1. Acne Scar Treatment: The laser energy from Picoway Resolve can target and break down scar tissue caused by acne, helping to improve the appearance of acne scars. It promotes collagen remodeling, which can lead to smoother skin texture over time.

2. Pigmentation Correction: Picoway Resolve can target and lighten various types of pigmentation irregularities, including sun spots, age spots, and melasma. The laser energy breaks down excess melanin in the skin, leading to a more even complexion.

3. Scar Revision: In addition to acne scars, Picoway Resolve can be used to improve the appearance of other types of scars, including surgical scars and stretch marks. The laser stimulates collagen production, which helps to soften and smooth the scar tissue over time.

• It's important to note that the effectiveness of laser skin treatments may vary depending on factors such as the patient's skin type, the severity of the condition being treated, and the number of treatment sessions.

Yes, laser facials typically require multiple sessions for optimal results.

• The exact number of sessions can vary depending on various factors such as the specific treatment being performed, the severity of the skin condition, individual skin characteristics, and the desired outcome.
• For example, treatments like skin rejuvenation, pigmentation correction, acne scar treatment, and wrinkle reduction generally involve a series of sessions spaced several weeks apart. This allows the skin to heal between treatments and for the effects of the laser to gradually become apparent.
• The number of sessions needed can range anywhere from three to six or more, depending on the individual's response to treatment and the extent of improvement desired. Some patients may see noticeable improvement after just a few sessions, while others may require additional treatments to achieve their desired results.
• Discuss your treatment goals and expectations with us and we can assess your skin condition and recommend a personalized treatment plan. including the suggested number of sessions and the interval between treatments to achieve the best possible outcome while minimizing the risk of side effects.

• You may experience mild redness in the area immediately following treatment. This redness can last anywhere from 8 to 36 hours.
• We will apply a cooling lotion that dramatically reduces redness.
• Some patients might also experience some mild swelling and itchiness, which should resolve itself soon after treatment and can also be treated with antihistamines.

• Picoway Resolve laser facials, significantly improve the skin's appearance by targeting various common skin concerns.
• It reduces the visibility of wrinkles and fine lines, creating a smoother and more youthful complexion.
• The laser treatment also effectively diminishes age spots and sun damage, evening out skin tone and restoring radiance.
• Additionally, it minimizes the appearance of scars, including acne scars, by promoting collagen production and skin regeneration, resulting in a clearer and more refined facial texture.

Neck & Décolletage:

• For the neck and décolletage, laser skin treatments offers remarkable benefits in tightening loose skin, enhancing firmness, and reducing sagging. The laser targets and stimulates collagen and elastin production, which are essential for maintaining skin elasticity and structure. This results in a more lifted and toned appearance.
• Laser skin treatments address discoloration and pigmentation issues, effectively lightening dark spots and evening out the skin tone. The treatment rejuvenates the neck and chest area, providing a radiant and revitalized look.
• Laser facials are a powerful solution for improving skin texture and appearance on the face, neck, and chest. Its advanced laser technology promotes collagen production, reduces signs of aging, and corrects skin imperfections, delivering a smoother, firmer, and more youthful look.