Sun Damage
Rarely one problem. Sun damage arrives as a package — mottled pigment, small broken vessels, roughness and the first etched lines — and it responds best to a package in return.
80%
Of visible ageing is UV
3
Sessions, usually
Sept–May
When we treat it
Face + chest
Treated as one area
Self-check
Does this sound like sun damage?
Tick what sounds like you. Nothing is stored, and it is not a diagnosis — it just makes the consult faster.
Often mistaken for
Rosacea
Persistent central redness with flushing triggers — it needs a calmer protocol than photoaging does.
Melasma
Hormone-driven patches. If both are present, we treat the melasma first and gently.
Actinic keratosis
Rough, scaly, tender spots that keep coming back are a dermatology referral, not a cosmetic case.
We treat face, neck and chest as one continuous area — clearing the face and stopping at the jawline is how the mismatch becomes obvious.
Why it happens
UV rewrote the collagen and the pigment at once
Ultraviolet light breaks collagen faster than the skin rebuilds it, and it recruits pigment unevenly while it does. The result reads as several separate problems but has one shared history, which is why single-issue treatment tends to disappoint.
The good news is that broadband light and fractional resurfacing both work on more than one target at a time — pigment, vessels and collagen in the same pass — so a course of three usually moves everything a step.
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A course of three, spaced a month apart, treating face and chest together.
2
Pigment lifts first, redness next, texture and firmness last — over three to six months.
3
Then maintenance once or twice a year, always outside high summer.
What treats it
What we use for sun damage
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
The workhorse: pigment and broken vessels in the same pass, face and chest in one appointment.
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La Vie’s MOXI ™ Laser Treatment by Sciton
Fractional resurfacing for texture and the early lines, safe year-round and across skin tones.
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Body Microneedling
For shoulders, arms and the backs of hands, where the damage is often worse than the face.
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Also part of the plan
Mineral SPF 50 daily
Retinoid at night
Antioxidant serum
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.
How much can realistically change?
Pigment and vessels clear dramatically — that part photographs well. Texture and laxity improve moderately. Deep lines and years of collagen loss need a different conversation, and we would rather have it before you pay than after.
Can I do the chest and face at once?
Yes, and we recommend it. Same session, same settings logic, and the result is continuous instead of ending at your jawline.
What is downtime like?
Warm and pink for a day, like mild windburn, then treated spots darken and flake for a week. Makeup from day two. Nothing that stops you working.
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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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
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Freckles
Small scattered spots that darken in summer and fade in winter — treated only if you want them gone.
2 treatments
Genetic + sun
Sun damage is the most fixable thing on this list.
Come in and we will show you the same-light photographs of clients with your skin type, then price a three-session course in writing — including which areas we would leave alone.
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