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Skin Health
Clients ask for one treatment and almost always need a second one to deliver the outcome they actually came in for. These are the four pairings I built my skin-health menu around.
The principle
Skin has two dimensions clients care about: tone (color, redness, spots, evenness) and texture (smoothness, pores, fine lines, scars). One treatment usually handles one, well. Pair across the two and you're delivering what they actually want, which is "good skin."
Pair 1 — IPL + Microneedling/RF
Outcome client wants: "Even, smooth skin"
Leg A
IPL photofacial
Addresses tone — sun damage, brown spots, vascular redness.
Leg B
Microneedling or RF microneedling
Addresses texture — pores, fine lines, mild scarring.
Sequence: IPL first to clear tone (cleaner palette = easier to see texture results). Then the texture treatment 3–4 weeks later, after pigmentary disturbance has settled.
If we only do the IPL, your skin will look more even but the texture you came in about doesn't change. If we only do the microneedling, the texture improves but the spots are still the first thing you see. The two compound.
Pair 2 — In-clinic peel series + at-home regimen
Outcome client wants: "I want skin that holds up"
Leg A
Chemical peel series (3–6)
In-clinic resets and accelerates turnover.
Leg B
Prescription-grade at-home regimen
Maintains and compounds the in-clinic gains in the 28 days between visits.
Sequence: Sell them together, day one. Without the at-home work, the peel series is plateauing by visit 3. With it, each visit builds on the last.
The in-clinic treatment is doing about 30% of the work. The other 70% happens at home, every morning and night, between visits. If you're not going to do that part, we should talk about a different plan.
Pair 3 — Laser resurfacing + skin-reset prep
Outcome client wants: "I want to look like I did 5 years ago"
Leg A
Fractional resurfacing
The actual remodelling event.
Leg B
4-week prep regimen + post-care kit
Prep optimizes the result. Post-care prevents the complications that turn a great result into a bad story.
Sequence: Prep first (locked in at consult), resurfacing date booked at week 4, post-care kit handed to them on the day of treatment.
The treatment is one day. The result is built in the four weeks before and the four weeks after. We don't take resurfacing patients who skip the prep, because the result isn't what either of us wants when we do.
Pair 4 — Photofacial + targeted topical for pigment
Outcome client wants: "Get rid of these spots and keep them gone"
Leg A
IPL or laser pigment treatment
Clears the visible pigment.
Leg B
Pigment-targeted topical + daily SPF
Suppresses the production pathway that put the spots there in the first place.
Sequence: Topical regimen starts week 0. Photofacial at week 4. Topical and SPF continue indefinitely.
We can take the spots off. But if we don't address what made them, you'll be back in 18 months for the same treatment. The topical is the part that keeps the result.
BC clinics
Skin menu review
Want me to map these onto your menu?
If you're in British Columbia, I'll look at your current skin-health menu and tell you which pairings you're already in a position to package, what the right combined price is, and what's missing.
Not in BC? The weekly Clinic Accelerator webinar is open to everyone.