If you were a little girl with freckles, you probably spent hours of your life putting lemon juice on them, morning and night … to no avail. As a teenager you might have saved up for a fading cream, which probably helped a bit but used up many months worth of pocket money! Thankfully for women today, we now have laser freckle removal – one of the first truly effective ways of removing freckles, permanently. If you’re considering giving up the lemon juice and getting rid of your freckles, here are 10 quick facts about laser freckle removal that you should know.
1. Are there different types of freckles, and will laser removal work on them all?
Laser freckle removal works for many types of brown pigmented lesions, sun spots, age spots, freckles and even some birthmarks. The only type of freckles that can’t be removed with laser therapy is lesions that are suspected of being cancerous. If your dermatologist or laser freckle removal therapist finds any of these, they’ll refer you for further medical treatment immediately.
2. Is laser freckle removal safe?
Yes, it has been extensively tested by Australian authorities and approved for use.
3. Will I have white spots, or will the old freckle area be normal skin colour?
Sometimes a little extra melanin is removed from your skin, and the freckle area ends up lighter than the rest of your skin. However this is self-correcting – definitely not permanent!
4. What happens when the freckles are removed?
After laser freckle removal the dark spots will scab up and fall off … almost as if the freckles were foreign entities living in your skin!
5. Can the freckles come back?
If you go out in the sun again, they can. Laser freckle removal doesn’t stop the process that creates freckles, it only removes the end product.
6. Does it hurt?
Laser freckle treatment hurts far less if you choose a clinic that uses lasers with a cooling feature, like the Candela Gentlelase. You can also get topical anesthetic applied for the treatment, but most people liken it to mild sunburn.
7. Does it look good afterwards?
Yes! Most people achieve a very natural, freckle-free skin tone in quite a short time after the course of laser freckle removal treatments is finished.
8. How many treatments are needed?
Often only 1 treatment for facial freckles. If you want a very large area treated, like your back, you may need up to four sessions.
9. How long does it take to heal and for the freckles to come off?
It usually takes about 3 weeks for good results to become apparent.
10. Are there any side effects?
Laser freckle treatment is quite safe, with far milder side effects even than many prescription drugs. You might get some light bruising, swelling or redness in the areas treated, but serious side effects are extremely rare.
Hi i just want to no how old do you have to be for this laser freckle treatment
or what age do u recommend will be able to have this treatment
Hi Angel,
Thankyou for the enquiry. The younger you get on top of pigmentation and freckle concerns the better. Please bear in mind that unless you use sunscreen daily and limit sun exposure whenever possible you may see the freckles come back in the future.
If you are under 18 years of age we prefer you to have adult supervision during the treatment process.
We look forward to meeting you soon.
The team @ Laser Clinics Australia
How much does this generally cost. For example i have 30-40 3-5mm freckles on my back and shoulders from a sleeping incident in the sun. Oops…
John,
Thank you for the enquiry. For freckle treatment the cost is fixed for some areas and $70 per 5 mins for any areas not included.
Please see the price page at the following link
http://www.laserclinics.com.au/treatment/pigmentation-removal/1/
The team @ Laser Clinics Australia
Hi,
I have heard that there are extreme side effects from the laser treatment that can effect your facial appearance. Is this rare within you clinics? Also, would you pleas be able to tell me when the clinics in Queensland will be opening? And if you’re able to have this treatment if you have a lot of freckles on your face?
Thank you,
Simonetta
Hi,
I have tried having two treatments for freckle laser removal on my chest.
I have very pale skin and I was told i have a good chance of sucess. I cant really see any improvement from the two treatments and I do not know what to do. I really just want to get rid of them!
Hi,
Around about how much do you think it would cost for facial freckle removal if there is quite a bit?
Thanks
am from africa and i have freckles on my face and i hate. my mom told me they cant be removed. is it true?
I have a large amount of freckles on my upper arms…Is there a constraint in the amount of freckles that can be removed?
I m wondering when the clinic is gonna open in Queensland??
Hi
I am interested in getting rid of freckles on my face. However over the years I had so many they kind of blended together so that it is difficult to target and individual freckle. Is this type of thing something you could treat?
Thanks
Hey, when you get it done do you have to wear sunscreen all the time and is there anything that you can have done that is permanent so you dont need to worry about them reappearing?
Thank you