Tattoo Cover-Up: Fade the Old One First, Choose the New One Freely
Laser before a cover-up gives the new design more room. How many sessions to aim for, what we don't promise, and what to tell your tattoo artist.
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Zuhal
Medical esthetician at Clinique DC. What she likes best is advising someone who arrives with no idea where to start, and watching them leave knowing exactly what to do.
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Laser & Skin
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A Firmer Neck, Without Surgery or Needles: What Tightens, and What Needs Something Else
Tightening the neck without surgery: what XERF radiofrequency does to neck skin, and what needs something else, like vertical cords under the chin.
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Removing a New Tattoo: When to Start Laser, Without Harming the Skin
Regret a brand-new tattoo? Why we wait for the skin to heal before the first laser session, and how the date is set at your assessment.
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A Clear Complexion for the Holidays: When to Start Face Laser Treatments
Face laser before the holidays: how many weeks before December to start, what redness to expect, and how to count back from your first party.
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Firming Without Needles or Numbing Cream: What a Radiofrequency Session Feels Like
Does facial radiofrequency hurt? What the XERF manufacturer says about comfort, what is particular about heat, and what we tell you up front.
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Firm Your Face Without Changing Your Features or Your Expression
XERF radiofrequency firms without injecting anything: no muscle blocked, no volume added. What changes on your face, and what stays exactly as it is.
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Will Radiofrequency Make a Difference for You? No Injections, No Surgery
Too early, too late or right on time: how to tell whether facial radiofrequency suits you, and when only surgery answers.
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Firming the Face Without Injections: What Works, and What It Can't Do
What heat, light and ultrasound can tighten without injecting anything, what none of them does, and how to tell whether you are a good candidate.
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Picosecond or Traditional Laser Tattoo Removal: Which One for Your Tattoo?
Picosecond, Q-switched, excision or dermabrasion: what each method does to the ink and the skin, and what a picosecond laser changes for your tattoo.
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Coloured Tattoos: Can Laser Remove Yellow, Green and Blue Ink?
Black fades most easily. Red, orange, yellow, green and blue go through the colour handpiece, and more sessions. Why that is, and what to expect for a coloured tattoo.
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Radiofrequency With or Without Needles: Which One for Your Skin?
Needle-free radiofrequency firms the jawline and neck; microneedling radiofrequency rebuilds skin texture. How to tell which one is for you.
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Microneedling or RF Microneedling: Which One Is Right for Your Skin
Both prick the skin with fine needles, only one adds heat in the dermis. Which to choose for grain, pores, scarring or looseness, and where to start.
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How to Choose a Tattoo Removal Clinic in Laval
Laser tattoo removal in Laval: the device, who uses it, session count, price and what we turn down. Our answer to each one.
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How Many Radiofrequency Sessions for the Face? It Depends on the Device
One clinic says one session, another says eight, and both can be right. It depends on the type of radiofrequency. Our schedule for XERF.
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Laser Tattoo Removal: How Many Sessions to Plan for Your Tattoo
Most often 8 to 10 sessions, sometimes more, 6 to 8 weeks apart. What changes that number for your tattoo, and why websites disagree.
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HIFU or Radiofrequency: Which One to Choose to Firm the Face
HIFU concentrates heat into points, radiofrequency spreads it through a volume. What that changes during the session, and who each one is for.
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XERF: firming the face without the scalpel
XERF radiofrequency firms mild to moderate laxity, with no needles. How it works, and when a facelift is still the better option.
