Show patients their result before they treat.
Broadband light therapy that clears sun spots, redness, and broken capillaries for clearer skin.
Sarah Jenkins
Plan • Energy Device
Recommended Protocol
Radiant Skin Light Therapy
BBL HERO • 3–6 sessions per year
Maintenance & Follow-Up
Ongoing plan
An IPL or BBL photofacial uses broadband light to target brown pigment and redness in the skin, clearing sunspots, uneven tone, facial redness, rosacea, and broken capillaries. Devices like BBL HERO and Lumecca treat the face, chest, and hands. Brown spots darken and flake off over about a week, with results building across a series of sessions.
IPL and BBL photofacials use broadband pulsed light to target color in the skin — brown pigment from sun damage and redness from dilated vessels — clearing sunspots, uneven tone, facial redness, rosacea, and broken capillaries while stimulating a subtle collagen response. Devices like BBL HERO, Lumecca, and Stellar M22 treat the face, chest, and hands, with brown spots darkening then flaking off over about a week and minimal downtime.
For a practice, photofacials are a popular series-based service that delivers a visible 'clarity' result patients love to maintain, and they pair naturally with resurfacing and skincare. Because pigment lifts gradually across sessions, showing the projected clarity on a patient's own photo helps them commit to the series. Framing it as seasonal maintenance after sun exposure supports the rebooking cadence that drives repeat visits.
Radiant Skin Light Therapy
Category
Energy Device
Typical cadence
3–6 sessions per year
Downtime
Minimal — redness for hours; spots flake off over ~1 week.
Typical range
$300–$600 per session
From in-clinic procedures to at-home regimens, Afters maps the full range of options — so patients can see what each one would do for them, on their own photo, before they commit.
Energy-based and resurfacing platforms providers use to deliver this treatment in clinic.
The named products and devices patients search for — each with what it is, who makes it, and how it fits a visual plan.
Sciton's high-powered BroadBand Light — the premium IPL for sun damage, redness, and brown spots.
View brandInMode's high-intensity IPL — clears sun spots, redness, and broken capillaries, often in just one or two sessions.
View brandEach concern maps to its full range of options — and lets patients preview their result before they commit.
Patchy discoloration, blotchiness, and dark spots that leave the complexion looking uneven and lacking clarity.
Explore concernDiffuse redness and broken capillaries that make the skin look flushed, irritated, or uneven.
Explore concernChronic facial redness, flushing, and visible vessels across the cheeks, nose, and chin.
Explore concernFlat brown spots and age spots from years of cumulative sun exposure.
Explore concernDarkened patches and spots from excess melanin caused by sun, inflammation, or hormones.
Explore concernBulging or prominent veins on the legs, hands, or face from weakened vessel walls, aging, or sun damage.
Explore concernCommon questions patients ask about radiant skin light therapy — and what practices should be ready to answer.
It targets sun damage and brown spots, overall redness and flushing, rosacea, and small broken capillaries, leaving skin clearer and more even-toned.
Treated spots typically darken over the first few days, then flake or 'coffee-ground' off within about a week, revealing clearer skin underneath.
Most patients do a series of 3–6 sessions spaced a few weeks apart, then maintenance treatments to manage new sun damage over time.
IPL is best suited to lighter skin tones, since the light targets pigment and can affect surrounding skin on darker tones. Providers use alternative devices or settings for deeper skin.
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View treatmentAfters simulates the outcome on a patient's own photo and builds a visual 12-month plan — so consults convert and average ticket climbs.