Dear Sandy, Thank you for your question about Photofacial skin rejuvenation. The Photofacial or Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is an excellent option for removing the brown spots and broken blood vessels on your face, neck and chest area. The IPL is gentler than the laser but works very well. I would have you stop the Obagi two weeks before your Photofacial treatment. The Photofacial machines that are used in a physician’s office are, by law, stronger than those allowed to be used in a Spa. You also will get medical advice about skin care, Photofacial, and other non-surgical skin rejuvenation options in a doctor’s office. To better answer your questions about Photofacial anti-aging skin care treatments please read further below.

Dear David,
Photo facial rejuvenation is usually used to refer to IPL treatments for non-surgical facial rejuvenation. Technically all laser and IPL therapy is Phototherapy because they use light waves or photo energy to treat the skin. But common usage of Photo facial rejuvenation usually refers to IPL.
I am not familiar with FotofacialRF. But if the [...]

Dear Dee,
If the main problem you want to correct is enlarged skin pores I recommend a laser skin treatment called Lasergenesis®. It is very safe treatment that does not ablate or remove skin and there is no contact by the laser with the skin. Thus I feel it is safer for Asian skin. Since [...]

Dear Darcy,
Thank you for your very insightful question. Facial skin aging is caused by a number of factors of which the sun is a most important one. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun as you point out causes facial aging by direct damage to the collagen and elastin fibers in the dermis or deep layer of [...]