Acne treatments
Teenage acne and adult acne look similar and behave differently, which is why they are treated here as two separate protocols. Alongside them sits entirely separate work on what remains once the activity has settled — scars and marks.
Two conditions, not one
Teenage acne and adult acne are two different conditions, and a treatment built for one may not suit the other. That is why the clinic runs an acne facial and an adult-acne treatment as two routes, rather than the same route at a different intensity.
The analysis is what tells them apart in practice: what the skin is doing now, what your routine has been, what you have already tried, and what happened when you tried it.
What works while the skin is active
The clinic has a high-frequency device, used in acne treatments, and does methodical work on the skin barrier — including cold plasma, which is not thermal and suits reactive skin.
Much of what decides the outcome isn't the device but the pace: active skin does not tolerate aggressive treatment, and wanting to solve everything in one session is exactly what makes the process longer.
And what's left afterwards
Acne scars and the marks left behind are different work, which begins only once the skin is in a state that allows it. This is where fractional plasma and microneedling come in, and sometimes a combination of them — according to the type of scar and its depth.
It is a gradual process. An older scar responds differently from a fresh mark, and that is said at the analysis rather than in hindsight.
Who it suits
- There is acne activity now, in adolescence or in adulthood
- The activity has settled and scars, marks or uneven texture remain
- Treatments you've tried worked briefly or made things worse
- You want a routine suited to your skin rather than a general protocol
When we talk first, and when I refer you to a doctor
- Widespread inflammatory acne, or acne that responds to nothing, is a matter for a dermatologist — and in that case I'll refer you rather than try to stretch the boundary.
- Medication for acne, now or recently, changes both suitability and pace. Tell me about it at the analysis.
- An active infection in the treatment area postpones treatment to another date.
This page is a general explanation of the treatment, not personal advice. Suitability is established at the skin analysis and the conversation around it — and if this treatment isn't what your skin needs, you'll hear that from me.
Further reading
- Adult acne and teenage acne — two conditions, two protocols
Acne at 35 is not the same as acne at 15, and it deserves different handling. What changes between them, and what to do with what the skin keeps after the activity settles.
- What happens in a skin analysis — and why every treatment starts there
A computerised skin analysis is not a formality before the treatment; it is what decides what the treatment will be. Here is exactly what happens at the first session, and what it shows that the eye cannot.
Let's start with an analysis
Tell me what's bothering you and we'll book a skin analysis and a conversation. By the end of it you'll know what's reasonable to expect, over what period, and whether this is the right method for you at all.