Pigmentation/Age Spot Removal

Pigmentation/Age Spot Removal

from 60 min

5,000 kr

Laser treatment of benign pigment spots and age spots in the skin.

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Spot removal, both cheeks

60 min
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Spot removal, décolleté

60 min
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Spot removal, lower back

60 min
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Spot removal, neck

60 min
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Spot removal, other areas

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Spot removal, upper back

60 min
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Applied to Face, Cheek, Skin/body

About the treatment

At a glance

Duration
1 hr
Downtime
Usually 1–2 weeks with dark scabs

Benefits

  • Lighter or vanished spots
  • Priced per area
  • A short treatment
  • Assessment before treatment

Expected results

Many spots go after one treatment, others need more. The result shows once the scabs have fallen off.

Overview & Procedure

What the treatment is and how it's performed

What it is

Pigment spots and age spots (solar lentigines) are flat brown spots that appear after many years of sun, often on the cheeks, hands, décolleté and back. They are benign. The laser targets the pigment in the spot, which breaks down and is shed over a few weeks. Spots that change must always be examined by a doctor first.

  • Usually one to three treatments per spot, four to six weeks apart.
  • The price follows the area.

  1. The practitioner examines the lesion, often with a dermatoscope.
  2. The skin is cleaned, and your eyes are protected.
  3. The area is numbed if needed and treated with the laser.
  4. The skin is cooled and covered with ointment or a plaster.

Experience & Recovery

Pain level, downtime and healing

Most people rate the discomfort 2–4 out of 10, like small snaps against the skin.

  • Common: redness, swelling, tenderness and a scab.
  • Uncommon: lighter or darker skin in the area for a few months.
  • Rare: infection, scarring or the lesion coming back.

  • Keep the area clean and dry for the first day.
  • Let the scab fall off by itself, and do not pick at it.
  • Use a mild ointment if the practitioner recommends it.
  • Protect the area from the sun for at least two months, with a high-factor sunscreen or a plaster.

Usually 1–2 weeks with dark scabs. The spots darken and form thin scabs that fall off after 1–2 weeks. The skin underneath is pink for a while.

Expectations & Safety

Who it's for and safety information

  • All skin lesions must be assessed before treatment. A mole or spot that changes, itches, bleeds or looks different from the others must be examined by a doctor.
  • Laser and freezing destroy the tissue, so it cannot be examined afterwards. An uncertain lesion is therefore removed surgically and sent for examination.
  • Daily sun protection prevents new spots from appearing.

  • Flat brown spots after sun exposure.
  • Age spots on the cheeks, hands, décolleté and back.

  • Lesions that change, bleed or are uncertain. They must be examined by a doctor and are often removed surgically.
  • Melasma. Laser can make melasma worse, and other treatments suit better.

Spots that have gone rarely come back in the same place, but new ones can appear with more sun.

  • Lesions that have not been assessed, or that could be malignant.
  • Infection or inflammation in the area.
  • Sunburnt or recently tanned skin, for laser treatment.
  • Pregnancy, when the treatment is not urgent.
  • A tendency to raised, growing scars (keloids).

Contact the clinic if the area becomes redder, more swollen, warm or painful after two days, if pus appears, or if you get a fever. Also see a doctor if a treated lesion grows back or changes.