Freckles
Freckles are not damage and not a problem to solve. Plenty of clients ask us to protect them rather than remove them — and if you do want them softened, it is straightforward.
Genetic
Sun makes them louder
1–2
Sessions if you treat
Reversible?
No — be sure
Optional
Most people keep them
Self-check
Are these freckles?
Tick what sounds like you. Nothing is stored, and it is not a diagnosis — it just makes the consult faster.
Often mistaken for
Age spots
Larger, arrive later, do not fade in winter — and worth treating for a different reason.
Melasma
Patches rather than dots, and hormone-driven. Treating it like freckles makes it worse.
Anything raised
Freckles are flat. Raised, growing or asymmetric spots go to a dermatologist first.
Freckled skin usually means a fair phototype, so the practical priority is protection: SPF habit, annual skin check, and a low threshold for referral.
Why it happens
Genetics loaded them; the sun turns the volume up
Freckles are melanocytes doing what your genes told them to, in clusters, when light hits. They come with the same fair phototype that burns easily — so the medically interesting part of this appointment is protection, not removal.
If you do want them lightened, broadband light clears them efficiently in one or two sessions. It is worth saying out loud that this is cosmetic and hard to undo: skin that has had its freckles removed does not grow them back on request.
1
Sunscreen and an annual skin check, whether or not you treat.
2
If treating: one or two BBL sessions, autumn or winter, spots flake within a week.
3
If not treating: brightening the background tone makes freckles read as intentional.
What treats it
If you do want them softened
Prices are starting points. Which of these you need — and in what order — is decided at the consult, in writing.
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La Vie’s BBL® HERO™️ by Sciton
Clears scattered freckles efficiently — one or two sessions, booked outside summer.
[DEMO]
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The Perfect™ Derma Peel
Softens rather than removes, and evens the background tone around them.
[DEMO]
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Also part of the plan
Annual skin check
Iron-oxide tinted SPF
Hat and shade habits
Courses can be paid with Cherry.
Before & after
Our own patients, unretouched
Same light, same lens, same distance every visit. Drag the handle to compare.
In their words
Clients who came in with the same thing
Left on Google, edited only for length.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I came in convinced I needed a laser and left with a prescription cream and a sunscreen lecture. Six months later the patches on my cheeks are the faintest they have been in a decade. They could have sold me three of everything.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nagwa showed me photographs of clients with my skin tone rather than the brochure ones, and she talked me out of the more expensive option. Two peels in, my makeup sits properly for the first time since my twenties.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The spots on my chest had bothered me for fifteen years. Three sessions, honest warnings about the flaking week, and they are gone. Booking the face and chest together was the right call.
Questions
The things people ask us
If yours is not here, ask it at the consult — or email it and Nagwa answers within a business day.
Should I remove my freckles?
Only if you want to. There is no medical reason to, they are not damage, and the effect is difficult to reverse. We are happy to talk you out of it if that is where the conversation goes.
Will they come back?
New ones can form with new sun exposure, and the tendency does not go away. Realistically, expect a top-up every couple of years if you want to stay clear.
I want to keep them but even out my tone — possible?
Yes, and it is a common request. Peels and a good routine lift the dull background so the freckles read as a feature rather than as mess, without targeting them directly.
What does the free consultation actually include?
Twenty minutes with Nagwa: a proper look under clinic light and magnification, your history and any medications, same-light photographs for your file, and a written plan with prices and an order of operations. No deposit, and no obligation to book anything on the day.
Can I spread the cost?
Yes — courses can be split into monthly payments through Cherry, with plans starting around $45 a month depending on the total. We will show you the monthly figure next to the total before you decide anything.
Related concerns
People with this usually have one of these too
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Melasma
Symmetrical brown or grey-brown patches across the cheeks, forehead and upper lip that deepen every summer.
2 treatments
Sun + hormones
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Age Spots
Flat brown spots with crisp edges on the cheekbones, temples, chest and backs of the hands.
3 treatments
Cumulative sun
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Sun Damage
Blotchy tone, broken capillaries, rough patches and early lines — usually across the face, chest and shoulders together.
3 treatments
Years of UV
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Uneven Skin Tone
No single spot to point at — just tone that reads patchy, dull and mismatched in daylight or on camera.
3 treatments
Mixed causes
Keep them, soften them, or just get protected properly.
All three are legitimate answers, and the consult is free either way. Fair skin gets our standard protection talk regardless of what you decide.
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