Carbon laser peel (Hollywood peel)

A car­bon laser peel, also known as a Hol­ly­wood peel, is a laser tre­at­ment in which a thin lay­er of fine car­bon is first appli­ed to the skin. A Q‑switched Nd:YAG laser then heats the par­tic­les and blasts them off the skin sur­face, lif­ting away dead skin cells and excess sebum with them.

Appli­ca­ti­on

The aim is a smoot­her, fres­her-loo­king com­ple­xi­on. The tre­at­ment is used for oily skin, enlar­ged pores, black­heads and a dull com­ple­xi­on. The heat deli­ver­ed to the tis­sue may also tem­po­r­a­ri­ly redu­ce oil pro­duc­tion and sti­mu­la­te col­la­gen for­ma­ti­on. A ses­si­on takes around half an hour.

Good to know

The­re is hard­ly any down­ti­me; mild red­ness usual­ly sett­les within a few hours, and make-up can often be worn the same day. The effect is fair­ly subt­le, so seve­ral ses­si­ons a few weeks apart are com­mon­ly plan­ned. Deep scars and pro­no­un­ced wrink­les can­not be trea­ted this way. Unli­ke a che­mi­cal peel, a car­bon laser peel uses no acids.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Hol­ly­wood Laser Peel