Trial Evaluating Both Tolerability and Improvement for Signs of Facial Photoaging, Discoloration, and Texture in Adult Females of All Skin Types by Combining a Placebo Moisturizer and Non-ablative Laser.

The non-ablative fractional 1,927nm Thulium laser will be used in this study. This FDA-approved laser is an innovative device addressing as well as medical as aesthetic and cosmetic indications. The system allows nearly pain free treatments with depth of 200 μm setting multiple microbeams. The stratum corneum stays intact despite superficial ruptures, coagulation zones appear only in the underlying layers of the skin.

The Sciton Laser uses Broadband light (BBL), also known as intense pulse light, a commonly available and popular treatment to rejuvenate the skin. BBL uses a broad band of noncoherent light waves, ranging from 560 to 1,200 nm, that are absorbed by a number of components in the skin, leading to a reduction in dyschromia, background erythema, telangiectasia, and an increase in collagen production resulting in amelioration of fine lines.

Phyto A+ Brightening Treatment is a serum comprised of a soothing botanical blend matched with a keratolytic (3% azeleic acid), 2.5% niacinamide, a brightening compound (2 % α-arbutin), and botanical extracts