Carbon Laser Facial in Makati: What the Black Mask Actually Does
The black mask is the part everyone has seen. A thin layer of medical carbon goes on the skin, sinks into the pores, and the laser then targets the carbon rather than your skin.
That is the whole idea. Carbon absorbs the laser energy, and as each particle heats and shatters it takes oil, dead cells and debris out of the pore with it, while the heat underneath prompts the skin to firm. It reaches oil and texture without the aggression of a peel or the downtime of anything ablative.
It is the same picosecond machine we use for pigment. Pointed at carbon instead of at melanin, it does a different job.
What a session is like
Cleanse, then the carbon lotion goes on thinly and is left to settle into the pores for a few minutes.
The laser passes over the face. It sounds like a series of sharp clicks and feels like flicks of warmth. Sixty minutes for the visit, and the pass itself is a fraction of that.
Skin looks brighter immediately and can be faintly pink for an hour. Sunscreen the next morning is not optional in this climate.
When this is the wrong treatment
Active inflammatory acne
Angry, cystic breakouts need a doctor first. Lasering over them treats the surface and leaves the cause.
Melasma as the main complaint
Heat feeds melasma. There is a separate pico protocol for it and we will move you to that instead of running carbon.