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Reveal Your Radiant Skin With HALO Laser Treatment 

Radiant skin, minimal downtime— HALO in Walnut Creek, offers a revolutionary approach to skin rejuvenation that addresses the effects of sun exposure, environmental factors, and the natural aging process. Over time, your skin can lose its youthful glow, leading to sunspots, fine lines, enlarged pores, and a dull complexion. Previous laser treatments often fell short, as they were either too shallow or too deep to effectively target all layers of skin damage simultaneously.

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Get That Glow With HALO

HALO laser treatment is a customizable solution designed to address your unique skin concerns. Whether you're looking to improve tone and texture, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, minimize pore size, or eliminate years of sun damage, HALO can deliver impressive results with minimal downtime. 
Here's what HALO can do for you:

  • Customizable Treatment: HALO is tailored to your specific skin needs and goals, with adjustable intensity levels ensuring the treatment precisely targets your damage while respecting your lifestyle and downtime tolerance.
  • Improves Tone and Texture: Enjoy noticeable enhancement in your skin's overall tone, texture, clarity, and smoothness with comprehensive rejuvenation at multiple depths.
  • Reduces Pore Size and Enhances Glow: Experience visibly smaller pores, refined skin texture, and a more reflective, luminous complexion that looks naturally radiant.
  • Flexible Treatment Levels: Choose between lighter treatments for quicker recovery (3-4 days) or more intense sessions for dramatic transformation (5-7 days of downtime).
  • Addresses Multiple Concerns: Simultaneously treats pigmentation, texture, wrinkles, scarring, and overall skin quality in a single comprehensive session.
  • Long-Lasting Results: Creates actual structural changes in your skin that continue improving for months and last for years with proper care.

Great Results With Minimal Downtime

In the past, patients often had to choose between highly effective treatments that required long recovery periods or quicker procedures that offered only modest results. With HALO, you no longer have to compromise. HALO combines deep dermal rejuvenation with epidermal renewal, resulting in beautiful, long-lasting outcomes with recovery time that fits most lifestyles.
This dual-action approach is unique to HALO, making it the only hybrid fractional laser to deliver comprehensive results across multiple skin depths in a single treatment. The ablative wavelength resurfaces the epidermis, eliminating surface damage, while the non-ablative wavelength penetrates deep into the dermis to stimulate collagen remodeling and address structural aging. This synergistic combination creates a transformation that previously required multiple separate procedures.

HALO Effectively Targets Years of Damage Caused By:

  • Discoloration and hyperpigmentation, including age spots, sun spots, and melasma
  • Sun damage and photoaging from UV exposure accumulated over decades
  • Visible signs of aging, including fine lines, wrinkles, and loss of firmness
  • Uneven skin tone with blotchiness, redness, or inconsistent coloring
  • Enlarged pores that make skin appear rough and aged
  • Poor skin texture with roughness, dullness, or lack of smoothness
  • Fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes, mouth, and across the face
  • Acne scarring and surgical scars that affect the skin surface quality

What to Expect From HALO Treatment in Walnut Creek

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Your Consultation

Your HALO journey begins with a comprehensive consultation where your provider will:

  • Examine your skin concerns, texture, tone, and pigmentation issues
  • Discuss your aesthetic goals and available recovery time
  • Review your medical history and assess candidacy for laser treatment
  • Explain how HALO works and show before-and-after photos
  • Recommend treatment intensity based on your needs and lifestyle
  • Provide detailed pre-treatment instructions to optimize results
  • Create a customized treatment plan with transparent pricing
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The HALO Treatment Session

On treatment day, you'll arrive at our Walnut Creek practice for your procedure:

  • Preparation (30 minutes): Topical numbing cream is applied to treatment areas and left in place for 30-45 minutes to ensure comfort. Your skin is then cleansed and prepared for laser treatment.
  • Treatment (30-45 minutes): Your provider makes multiple passes over treatment areas using the HALO handpiece. Most patients describe the sensation as heat and prickling, with the integrated cooling system providing comfort. The numbing cream makes treatment very tolerable, though you may feel warmth and a sandpaper-like sensation.
  • Post-Treatment (15 minutes): After treatment, cooling measures are applied, and you'll receive detailed aftercare instructions and products. You can leave immediately and return home to begin your recovery.
    Total appointment time is typically 90-120 minutes from arrival to departure.
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Your Recovery Timeline

Days 1-2

Your skin will feel warm, tight, and appear quite red—similar to a moderate sunburn. Swelling, particularly around the eyes if the face was treated, is common. Apply healing ointment frequently to keep skin moist and comfortable. Stay indoors and avoid sun exposure completely.

Days 3-4

Redness begins to fade, transitioning to a bronze or tan appearance as the treated skin begins to separate. Your skin will feel rough and look darker as the damaged epidermis prepares to slough off. Continue keeping skin very moist with prescribed products.

Days 5-7

The treated skin begins peeling in sheets or flakes, revealing fresh, pink, smooth skin underneath. This peeling phase typically peaks around day 5-6. Do not pick or pull at peeling skin—let it shed naturally. Most patients can return to work and normal activities with mineral makeup by day 5-7.

Weeks 2-4

 Any residual pinkness fades. Your skin continues improving as new collagen develops. Most patients feel completely comfortable without makeup by week 2-3.

Months 1-6

Your results continue developing as collagen remodeling occurs deep in the dermis. Maximum improvement is typically visible at 3-6 months post-treatment, with skin appearing tighter, smoother, more even-toned, and significantly more youthful.

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HALO Results and Longevity

To maintain your results:

  • Use medical-grade skincare with retinoids and antioxidants
  • Wear broad-spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen daily without exception
  • Consider annual maintenance treatments (lighter BBL or HALO touch-ups)
  • Follow a comprehensive skincare regimen recommended by your provider

With proper care and sun protection, your HALO results can last 3-5 years before another treatment might be desired, though the actual structural changes to your skin are permanent—you're simply continuing to age naturally from your improved baseline.

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Why Choose Aesthetx for HALO Laser Treatment in Walnut Creek?

Choosing our Walnut Creek practice for HALO treatment means entrusting your skin to a team of highly skilled professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional results. We combine cutting-edge Sciton laser technology with personalized care to ensure each treatment is tailored to your unique skin needs and aesthetic goals.


Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our use of the most advanced techniques and state-of-the-art equipment, providing you with radiant, youthful skin with recovery time that fits your lifestyle. Our providers complete extensive training in laser physics and treatment protocols to safely deliver optimal outcomes across all skin types.

Schedule Your HALO Consultation

Contact our practice to schedule your consultation for HALO in Walnut Creek. Our experienced providers will assess your skin, discuss your goals, and create a customized treatment plan designed to deliver the dramatic transformation you desire. 

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Halo FAQ's

How many HALO treatments will I need?

When will I see the HALO results?

How long will my HALO results last?

How soon can I resume normal activities after HALO treatment?

How much does HALO treatment cost?

Can HALO be combined with other treatments?

Is HALO safe for all skin types?

How many HALO treatments will I need?

Most patients achieve noticeable, long-lasting results with a single HALO treatment because its hybrid technology treats multiple skin depths in one session. Some patients elect to undergo a second treatment 6–12 months later for enhanced results or to address more advanced skin damage.

When will I see the HALO results?

Initial improvements in skin smoothness are typically visible once healing is complete, around 7–10 days after treatment. Continued improvement occurs over the next 3–6 months as new collagen forms, with peak results usually seen around the three-month mark.

How long will my HALO results last?

HALO produces long-lasting structural improvements in the skin, often maintaining visible benefits for 3–5 years with proper skincare and sun protection. Results age naturally with your skin rather than abruptly fading.

How soon can I resume normal activities after HALO treatment?

Most patients return to work and social activities within 5–7 days, once peeling subsides and they are comfortable wearing mineral makeup. Strenuous exercise and intense physical activity should be avoided for 7–10 days to support proper healing.

How much does HALO treatment cost?

HALO pricing varies based on the treatment area and intensity level. During your consultation, you will receive transparent, personalized pricing, which typically ranges from $1,500 to $3,000 depending on the areas treated and treatment depth.

Can HALO be combined with other treatments?

Yes, HALO is frequently combined with BBL (BroadBand Light) in a single session for more comprehensive rejuvenation. HALO improves texture, pores, and wrinkles, while BBL targets pigmentation and vascular concerns, delivering enhanced results with the same recovery period.

Is HALO safe for all skin types?

HALO can be safely performed on most skin types with appropriate settings. Patients with darker skin tones (Fitzpatrick types V–VI) may require more conservative treatment parameters to reduce the risk of hyperpigmentation.

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