What is the LimeLight Photo Facial?
The LimeLight Photo Facial is a non-invasive approach to skin rejuvenation. By treating benign pigmented and vascular lesions with Cutera’s LimeLight, this procedure improves the overall appearance of your skin. The Lime Light Photo Facial offers the advantage of improving skin tone and surface imperfections associated with aging and photodamage.

What areas can be treated by LimeLight?
The Limelight is ideal for treating any area of the body that has redness, telangiactasias (tiny veins) or brown spots. Some of the most popular areas for treatment are the face, neck, decollete (upper chest) and hands. However, many people also treat their arms, legs and upper back. Light (low contrast) brown spots, which were previously difficult to resolve, respond very well to this treatment.

What does the LimeLight treatment do?
By selecting different programs within the LimeLight Photo Facial system, your Cosmetëik skin care coach can customize your treatment to your skin type and selectively treat the brown and/or red pigmented areas on your skin. It’s the heating of the pigmented brown or red cells that causes the therapeutic effect.

What do the LimeLight treatments feel like?
When the pulse of light is delivered during your LimeLight treatment, you may experience a mild stinging sensation. Gel is usually used during the treatment to cool the skin and make the LimeLight more comfortable. Anesthesia or pain medications are not typically needed, but this can be discussed with your skin care coach prior to your treatment.

How many LimeLight treatments will I need?
We recommend a series of 5 treatments for best results. Treatments are scheduled 3-4 weeks apart. Additional treatments may be recommended, especially for excessively sun damaged skin.

What happens after the LimeLight treatments?
Immediately following each treatment, brown spots may start to darken and your skin may appear slightly red. The treated area may be mildly swollen for a few hours or even for a day. Over the 3-5 days immediately after the treatment, the brown spots may slough or peel. Make-up may be worn immediately after treatments, so the redness is usually easy to cover.

Will the spots and redness reappear over time?
New brown spots, small veins and diffuse redness may appear with new sun damage: however they too can be treated. Remember to always apply broad spectrum sunscreen when outdoors to minimize the appearance of new damage. Rosacea is chronic and cannot be “cured” with any laser or light source, however its appearance will be dramatically improved with LimeLight treatments.

How can I learn more about the LimeLight?
Schedule your complimentary consultation at Cosmetëik MedSpa.