Lucent Skin Clinic

Skin Journal

Plain answers to the questions people ask in the consulting room.

No product placement, no miracle words.

Why your pigment came back darker

28 July 2026

Why your pigment came back darker

The single most common reason a melasma course fails is that it worked too quickly. Here is what heat does to pigment-prone skin, and what to ask before you book.

Downtime, honestly counted

14 July 2026

Downtime, honestly counted

"No downtime" and "minimal downtime" mean different things in different clinics. A day-by-day account of what recovery actually looks like for the treatments we run most.

What a good consultation should include

30 June 2026

What a good consultation should include

You can tell a great deal about a clinic from the first twenty minutes. Six things a proper consultation covers — and one thing it should never do.

Filler is structure, not filling

2 June 2026

Filler is structure, not filling

Most of the filler results people dislike come from placing material where the line is, rather than where the support went missing. What "deep placement" actually means.

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