Pocket Spots for IPL and BBL Photofacials
Placed by treatment types listed on each clinic website, out of eight, highest first.
Not every clinic that sells injectables or skin care runs a photofacial, so the first job is finding out who does. This list prints the eighth through twelfth clinics in the guide's ordering, the stretch below the longest menus. A reader in the Pocket weighing IPL and BBL gets background on light-based skin rejuvenation from two papers: a split-face study of ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser combined with intense pulsed light for photoaging skin and a review of laser techniques for rejuvenating the neck, chest and hands.
How these five were placed
The ordering uses one measure, "Treatment types listed on the clinic website (of 8)", highest first, and Younger You Aesthetics leads the full ordering at 8 of 8 on youngeryouaesthetics.com, so everything below is a step down in listed breadth.
R+H Aesthetic Medicine, West Sac lists 4 on rhmedicine.com. Healthyglow by Lima lists 2 on www.healthyglowbylima.com, and Embodee'd lists 1 on www.embodeed.com. Everything Esthetics and Pura Vida Bella Aesthetics both show 0, on everythingestheticsmed.com and puravidabella.com.
Fewer listed types is no mark against a clinic. It only means the clinic lists fewer of the eight types, so ask directly whether a photofacial is among the services.
Ranks eight through twelve
- R+H Aesthetic Medicine, West Sac
- Healthyglow by Lima
- Embodee'd
- Everything Esthetics
- Pura Vida Bella Aesthetics
Questions to put to each of the five
Read CBS News Sacramento's report, Call Kurtis Investigates: Medi-Spa Injuries, before any clinic in this stretch takes a deposit. Then ask each clinic whether it runs IPL or BBL, which device it uses, and how it prices one session against a course.
R+H Aesthetic Medicine, West Sac is located at 2240 Lake Washington Blvd Suite 130, West Sacramento, CA and holds a 5 rating from 383 reviews, according to www.glowupfinder.com. Weigh the drive against the number of visits you expect before you book.
Healthyglow by Lima offers enzyme peels, microdermabrasion and LED light therapy and holds a 5 rating from 265 reviews, according to local.yobi.com. That is a peel and light menu rather than an injectables one, so ask whether IPL or BBL is on it at all.
Embodee'd offers Botox, fillers and IV therapy and holds a 4.9 rating from 29 reviews, according to local.yobi.com. It has the thinnest review base among the clinics here with a published count, so treat the rating gently and press for written terms.
Everything Esthetics offers Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, fillers and Sculptra and holds a 4.7 rating, according to local.yobi.com, while its review count is unavailable. Without a count the rating is hard to weigh, so ask what the clinic can show you about past clients' results.
Pura Vida Bella Aesthetics is listed as a medical spa at 2020 29th St, Sacramento, CA 95817, according to local.yobi.com, and holds a 5 rating from 101 reviews, according to www.glowupfinder.com. Confirm which services it performs, since a medical spa label alone does not say.
What this stretch of the order trades away
Review volume is strongest at the top of this window and thinnest near the bottom. Most services named above are injectables, peels and light therapy, which is why the question to carry into every call is whether a photofacial is offered at all. Do not let a high rating stand in for that answer or for a price.
Your next step is to shortlist two clinics, ask each for the session price, the course price and the terms for stopping early, and compare them in writing before you commit.