Broadband Light (BBL) Austin, TX

The number of treatments depends on your skin’s condition and desired results. The Buckingham Center’s clinical staff can personalize a plan based on your specific needs and may choose to combine BBL ULTRA PEEL with other aesthetic procedures to further personalize your treatment.

BBL ULTRA PEEL is a very tolerable treatment that requires, at most, a topical anesthetic, which is applied between 45 and 60 minutes before treatment begins.

After the treatment, pigmented spots will turn darker, and you will experience mild redness and warmth, similar to that felt with a sunburn.

Depending on the depth of treatment, most patients feel comfortable enough to return to work within a couple of days, an attribute that has given rise to the BBL ULTRA PEEL’s nickname, the weekend peel. Typically, on day two, the patient’s skin will begin to peel. Peeling usually lasts two or three days. However, redness may persist for up to seven days. Patients can use makeup to camouflage the redness.

You may be given skin care products and instructions on how to use them. After the procedure, your skin will be sensitive to ultraviolet light, so you must avoid direct sun exposure until fully healed. It is recommended that you always use a sunblock with an SPF of at least 30 to prevent sun damage and premature aging of your skin.

Most patients notice an improvement in tone, texture, and color evenness once the skin heals in approximately one week. Nice results can be obtained in just one treatment. However, the number of treatments varies from patient to patient.

BBL treatments will improve dermal thickness and cellular architecture. The patient may notice some improvement in skin tone and texture as a result. However, BBL treatments can help prevent wrinkle development but cannot significantly improve wrinkles that have already formed. Nonetheless, the doctor may recommend other treatments that can address wrinkles better. BBL is an exceptional treatment for reducing broken capillaries, as well as the brown spots caused by aging and sun damage. It is also a good modality to keep the skin healthy and prevent significant wrinkle formation. Think of BBL as repairing these issues, then helping to keep skin healthy to slow the aging process.

Certainly, BBL can cause burns, but only if misused. At the same time, mild superficial burns can occur in rare instances, even in the best hands. However, severe burns should always be able to be avoided. If mild superficial burns should result from a BBL treatment, a patient would experience slight blistering and peeling, both of which are easily treatable. BBL is a very powerful device that allows for excellent results, but safety and judgment must always prevail. Choosing an experienced medical professional to perform your BBL ULTRA PEEL is the best way to avoid a complication.

BBL is an excellent treatment for brown spots on the face. It usually requires two or three treatments to get maximum improvement, but the recovery time following each treatment is minimal. Ongoing skincare and some protection will minimize recurrences, but studies have shown that a BBL treatment twice a year greatly improves skin and reduces the signs of aging.

Melasma is hard. BBL will improve melasma in some patients, but the treatments need to be very gentle, or the condition may worsen. We often prefer to use Fraxel laser, targeted chemical peels, and topical agents when addressing melasma.

The Matrix Fractionated CO2 laser system is used to resurface the skin and improve acne scars, as well as fine to moderate wrinkles, age spots, sun damage, uneven pigmentation, and texture irregularities. During a Matrix Fractionated CO2 laser treatment, pulsing and pixelating lasers slightly damage the skin beneath the surface, which triggers the production of collagen. When compared to other traditional CO2 lasers, the Matrix Fractionated Laser system allows for a much gentler treatment with less pain, less downtime, and fewer side effects.