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What is Icon skin resurfacing?

Skin revitalization is ideal for reducing the appearance of pigment on your face, chest or hands, including age spots, sun damage, freckles or birthmarks. It is also the perfect solution for unwanted vessels on your face, including spider veins, broken vessels or rosacea (redness/flushing of the cheeks). In just a few quick treatment sessions, you will see a reduction in the appearance of brown spots and vessels, leaving you with a more even skin tone and beautiful looking skin.


How does it work?

The Icon platform utilizes optimized pulsed light technology, which, unlike lasers, uses many wavelengths of light with special filters that deliver the best wavelengths to treat specific aesthetic conditions.

As the hand piece glides over the area being treated, potent pulses of light are delivered into your skin that target brown spots, sun-damage and vessels without causing harm to the surrounding skin.

Once these targets absorb the energy, they are destroyed and will slowly disappear through your body’s natural healing process. You will see your brown spots turn slightly darker in color and flake off over the next one to three weeks. You may also see an immediate improvement in your vessels with a continued clearance over the next few weeks.

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What can I expect on the day of my treatment?

Before the optimized pulsed light hand piece is used, a gel is applied to your skin where you will receive treatment. You will also be provided eye shields to protect yourself from the light during treatment. The treatment will begin with the provider guiding the Icon hand piece over the treatment area. You will feel cooling while the hand piece is gliding over the treatment area – a comfortable session. You may also feel a slight rubber band like snapping when the energy is being delivered into your skin, which disappears immediately.

However, feeling a warm sensation after the treatment is common. Depending on the size of the area, treatments can take just minutes.

After the treatment, the gel will be removed and a cooling gel may be applied to your skin. Bandages and ointments are not necessary due to the nature of the treatments being so minimally invasive. For a few days after your treatment, you may feel like you have a mild sunburn but can resume your normal day to day activities immediately following treatment.


If you are a LASER skin revitalization patient, please be aware of the following:

  • Remove all make-up and lotions prior to the treatment.
  • At least 4 weeks prior to your appointment, discontinue unprotected sun exposure, tanning beds and tanning creams on the areas receiving treatment.

Post treatment instructions for skin revitalization

Immediately after the treatment, it is common to feel a mild sunburn-like sensation around the treatment site, which typically lasts 2-24 hours. Redness and/or swelling may accompany this and usually resolves in 2-3 days. Avoid sun exposure on the treated area and use a sunscreen SPF 45 or greater at all times throughout the course of treatment. The pigment may initially look raised and darker with a reddened perimeter. The pigment will gradually turn darker over the next few days and begin crusting and eventually flaking off of the skin from day 7-21. The vessels may undergo immediate graying or blanching or they may exhibit a slight purple or red color change. The vessels will fully or partially fade in about 10-14 days.

Icon Skin Resurfacing FAQs

What type of pigment can be treated?

Icon is designed to treat age spots, sun damage and freckles on the face, neck, chest, arms, hands, legs and feet.

What type of vessels can be treated?

Icon is designed to treat spider veins and broken vessels on the face, neck, and some other areas of the body.

Am I a good candidate for skin revitalization?

Icon can be safely used on most skin types. During your consultation, we will determine if you are a good candidate for the procedure based on a variety of factors.

What type of result can I expect?

You can expect to see a decrease in the appearance of brown spots, sun damage and vessels for a more even skin tone. You will see a continued improvement over the first six weeks after your treatment.

How long does the treatment take?

Depending on the size of the area and the condition being treated, the sessions could range anywhere from 5-30 minutes.

What does the treatment feel like?

Most people feel only a slight “snap” like a rubber band followed by warmth of your skin. You will also feel cooling on your skin as the hand piece glides over the treatment area to help in providing a comfortable session.

How many treatments will I need?

Depending on the condition being treated, 3-5 treatment sessions are recommended for desired results.

How far apart are treatment sessions?

Treatment sessions should be scheduled 4-6 weeks apart.

How much does the treatment cost?

Treatment costs vary depending on the size of the area to be treated and how many of the different Icon handpieces are required to address your concerns.

How does it work?

Specialized pulsed of optimized light are used to target brown spots, sun damage and vessels without harming the surrounding skin. These imperfections absorb the energy delivered to your skin causing them to slowly disappear through your body’s natural healing process.

How quickly will I recover?

You can resume regular daily activities immediately following treatment.

Are there any side effects?

Immediately after the treatment, it is common to feel a mild sunburn-like sensation around the treatment site, which typically lasts 2-24 hours. Redness and/or swelling may accompany this and usually resolves in 2-3 days. We will discuss any other possible side effects and the necessary post-treatment care with you during the consultation.

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