Sun Damage
The marks the sunleft behind.
Sun damage is the slow build-up of every unprotected hour. A spot near the temple, a wash of brown across the cheekbones, skin that feels rougher than it used to, a few red threads around the nose. Most of it responds to clinical treatment, though not all of it the same way.
Sun Damage
The marks the sunleft behind.
Sun damage is the slow build-up of every unprotected hour. A spot near the temple, a wash of brown across the cheekbones, skin that feels rougher than it used to, a few red threads around the nose. Most of it responds to clinical treatment, though not all of it the same way.
WHAT CAUSES IT
What Florida Sun Leaves Behind
You saw it in a photograph taken outside. The spots across your cheeks, and the skin on your chest reading older than your face. Sun damage shows up in a few different ways, and each one answers to a different tool.
01
Sun Spots That Stayed
Years of UV push your melanin-making cells to overproduce in one place, and the pigment stays long after the tan fades. These spots sit with clear borders on the hands, temples, forehead, and chest, and they answer well to IPL Lumecca.
02
Uneven Brown Patches
Brown washes drift across the cheeks and jawline with soft edges. They often sit over old acne marks or melasma, which is hormone-driven and needs its own plan. Combined laser and peel work evens the tone.
03
Rough, Crepey Texture
UV breaks down the collagen and elastin that keep the surface taut. Pores read larger, and fine lines set in earlier than they should. CoolPeel CO2 resurfacing works at the depth where that damage sits.
04
Broken Capillaries
UV weakens capillary walls until fine red threads stay open across the cheeks and around the nose. IPL Lumecca treats the vessel itself, so the light lands where the redness actually sits.
What Actually Helps
Layered Protocols for Sun Damage in Apopka
The order of treatment decides the result. Dr. Vega lightens pigment first, then resurfaces and rebuilds collagen, so each step works on skin the last one already evened.
Chemical Peels
A clinical-grade peel that accelerates turnover so pigmented, photo-damaged surface tissue lifts off and clearer skin comes through.
How to Protect Your Skin After Treatment
Treated pigment stays cleared, but skin keeps forming new damage every time it meets unprotected UV. Daily protection carries the result over the long run, and the habits below are how you hold it.
Cleanse Gently
Treat Daily
Hydrate the Barrier
Mask Strategically
Protect Daily
Your At-Home Skincare Plan
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FAQ
Common Questions About
Sun Damage Treatment
Most of it responds well to treatment. Defined spots clear over a course of IPL Lumecca, and tone and texture even out across a series of resurfacing. Your daily SPF holds the result, because unprotected sun lays down new pigment faster than any laser can clear it.
For sun spots and age spots with clear edges, IPL Lumecca is the first thing Dr. Vega reaches for. The light is absorbed by the dark pigment and breaks it apart, and your body clears the debris as your skin turns over. A chemical peel afterward refines what is left on the surface.
No. Sun damage is built by years of UV, and it reads as defined spots, brown washes, broken capillaries, and rough texture. Melasma is hormone-driven, and sun worsens it without causing it. Plenty of faces carry both, so Dr. Vega reads the pattern before she plans anything.
That depends on what your skin is actually carrying. Surface spots tend to lift faster than diffuse patches and texture work, which need a staged series across weeks. Dr. Vega gives you the number at your consultation, once she has seen your skin under clinical light.
Each tool has its own recovery. IPL Lumecca darkens the spots first, and they flake away over the following days. A chemical peel peels, and CoolPeel CO2 leaves you pink and tight for a stretch. Dr. Vega walks you through your exact recovery before you book at Golden Rose.
The pigment we clear stays cleared. New damage builds with every unprotected hour outside, and Orlando gives you plenty of those. Daily broad-spectrum SPF and a simple maintenance routine hold your result for years.
Yes, and most sun damage plans do. The order carries the result. Pigment first, then resurfacing once your tone has settled, then the collagen work. Layering across weeks gives you more than stacking everything into a single visit.
Some lasers carry real risk on medium and deeper Fitzpatrick types, because the heat can leave behind the very pigment it was meant to lift. Dr. Vega matches the wavelength and the settings to your skin type and tests a small area first. On deeper tones, peels and microneedling often carry more of the plan.
IPL Lumecca runs $200 to $500 a session at Golden Rose, depending on the area treated. Microneedling is $375 for one session, $949 for a package of three, and $500 with exosomes. Your full plan is priced at your consultation.
Yes, and prevention protects everything you paid to clear. Broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher every morning, reapplied outdoors, does most of the work. An antioxidant serum and shade through the middle of the day lower what your skin absorbs. Dr. Vega recommends the products that fit the routine you already keep.
You clear the pigment that has built up, then rebuild the surface underneath it. IPL Lumecca lifts brown spots and evens the tone, while CoolPeel CO2 and microneedling smooth rough texture and soften fine lines. Every plan at our Apopka med spa runs in that order, with daily SPF holding the ground you gain.