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Healthy Skin Isn't About Looking Different—It's About Looking Like Your Best Self.

Beautiful skin is more than the absence of wrinkles. Healthy skin reflects light evenly, feels smooth to the touch, maintains consistent tone, and possesses the strength and resilience that come from healthy collagen and continual skin renewal. Over time, however, these natural processes begin to slow, allowing the earliest signs of aging and environmental damage to gradually appear.

Clear + Brilliant® is a gentle fractional laser treatment designed to refresh your skin from within. By stimulating your skin's natural repair process, it encourages collagen production and healthy cell renewal to improve overall skin quality—not just one isolated concern. The result is skin that appears brighter, smoother, healthier, and naturally refreshed.

Often referred to as a preventative laser treatment, Clear + Brilliant is ideal for patients who want to maintain youthful-looking skin, address early signs of aging, or complement a personalized skincare routine with minimal downtime.

  • Improve skin tone and overall radiance
  • Smooth rough texture
  • Reduce the appearance of fine lines
  • Refine the appearance of enlarged pores
  • Stimulate healthy collagen production
  • Support long-term skin health
  • Minimal downtime

At Elevate Dermatology, every treatment begins with a comprehensive consultation. Our board-certified dermatologists evaluate your skin type, concerns, and long-term goals before recommending a personalized treatment plan designed to achieve natural, evidence-based results.

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Healthy Skin

Healthy skin depends on continual renewal. Why Does Our Skin Age?

Healthy skin is constantly repairing itself. New skin cells replace older ones, collagen provides firmness and structure, while elastin allows skin to stretch and return to its natural shape. Together, these processes keep skin smooth, resilient, and radiant.

Beginning in early adulthood, collagen production gradually declines while skin cell turnover slows. At the same time, years of ultraviolet (UV) exposure and environmental damage accelerate collagen breakdown and contribute to uneven pigmentation, rough texture, enlarged pores, and fine lines.

Although these changes are a natural part of aging, treatments that encourage healthy skin renewal and collagen production can help improve skin quality while maintaining a natural appearance.

  • Collagen production gradually decreases.
  • Cell turnover becomes slower.
  • UV exposure accelerates visible aging.
  • Environmental damage affects skin quality.
  • Healthy skin renewal becomes less efficient.

What Contributes to Skin Aging?

Natural Aging

As collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid gradually decline with age, the skin becomes thinner, less firm, and slower to repair itself.

Environmental Exposure

Sun exposure, pollution, smoking, and other environmental factors accelerate collagen breakdown and are responsible for much of the visible aging we see.

Slower Skin Renewal

Reduced cell turnover allows damaged skin cells to remain on the surface longer, contributing to dullness, rough texture, and uneven pigmentation.

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Fractional Laser Technology

Supporting your skin's natural renewal process. How Clear + Brilliant Works

Clear + Brilliant is a gentle fractional laser that creates thousands of microscopic treatment zones within the skin while leaving the surrounding tissue untouched. These precisely controlled micro-injuries activate your skin's natural healing response, encouraging the production of new collagen and healthy skin cells.

Because only a fraction of the skin is treated during each session, the surrounding healthy tissue helps accelerate healing while minimizing downtime. As collagen remodels and fresh skin cells replace damaged ones, the skin gradually becomes smoother, brighter, and more even in tone and texture.

Rather than dramatically changing your appearance, Clear + Brilliant works beneath the surface to improve overall skin quality. Results develop gradually over the weeks following treatment, producing a refreshed appearance that looks natural.

  • Stimulates natural collagen production
  • Promotes healthy skin cell turnover
  • Improves overall skin quality
  • Refines skin tone and texture
  • Requires minimal downtime

What Are the Benefits of Clear + Brilliant?

By stimulating your skin's natural repair and renewal processes, Clear + Brilliant delivers improvements that go beyond a single concern. Rather than simply targeting wrinkles or pigmentation, it enhances overall skin quality, helping your complexion appear healthier, smoother, and more radiant over time.

Brighter, More Radiant Skin

Encourages healthy skin renewal to restore luminosity and reduce the appearance of dull, tired-looking skin.

Smoother Skin Texture

Helps refine rough or uneven skin by promoting the growth of healthier, smoother skin cells.

Softens Fine Lines

Stimulates collagen production to improve the appearance of early fine lines while maintaining natural facial movement.

More Even Skin Tone

Improves overall skin tone and helps reduce mild pigmentation irregularities caused by aging and sun exposure.

Refines the Appearance of Pores

Supports healthier skin structure, making enlarged pores appear less noticeable and creating a smoother complexion.

Minimal Downtime

Because only a fraction of the skin is treated during each session, most patients experience little interruption to their daily routine.

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Common Concerns

Ideal for patients looking to improve overall skin quality and address the earliest visible signs of aging. What Can Clear + Brilliant Treat?

Clear + Brilliant is designed to improve overall skin health while addressing many of the subtle changes that develop as we age. Rather than targeting a single concern, it helps restore smoother texture, brighter skin, and a more youthful complexion through gradual collagen stimulation and healthy skin renewal.

  • Fine lines and early signs of aging
  • Uneven skin tone
  • Rough or uneven skin texture
  • Enlarged pores
  • Dull or tired-looking skin
  • Mild sun damage
  • Loss of skin radiance

While Clear + Brilliant is highly effective for early skin rejuvenation and maintenance, patients with deeper wrinkles, significant acne scarring, or more advanced sun damage may benefit from other laser resurfacing treatments. During your consultation, we'll recommend the treatment that best matches your skin type, concerns, and goals.

Because every patient's skin is unique, treatment plans are personalized and may include Clear + Brilliant on its own or in combination with complementary procedures and medical-grade skincare for optimal long-term results.

Clear + Brilliant vs. Fraxel: Which Fractional Laser Is Right for You?

Clear + Brilliant

Clear + Brilliant is a gentle non-ablative fractional laser designed for patients who want to maintain healthy skin and address the earliest signs of aging. It is ideal for improving dullness, uneven skin tone, enlarged pores, and fine lines with minimal downtime. Because treatments are gentle, most patients achieve the best results with a series of three to six treatments followed by periodic maintenance.

Fraxel

Fraxel is a more intensive non-ablative fractional laser designed to correct accumulated skin damage. It penetrates deeper into the skin to improve moderate wrinkles, more significant sun damage, pigmentation, acne scars, and surgical scars through collagen remodeling. Although recovery is longer than with Clear + Brilliant, patients often achieve more dramatic correction in fewer treatment sessions.

At a Glance

Best For

Clear + Brilliant: Early aging and maintenance. Fraxel: Correcting moderate to advanced skin damage.

Downtime

Clear + Brilliant typically involves 0-2 days of mild redness, while Fraxel generally requires several days of redness, swelling, and peeling.

Treatment Series

Clear + Brilliant usually involves a series of 3-6 treatments. Fraxel often achieves significant improvement in 1-3 treatments, depending on the concern being treated.

Results

Clear + Brilliant provides gradual, preventative rejuvenation. Fraxel delivers more dramatic resurfacing and corrective results.

Ideal Patient

Clear + Brilliant is ideal for maintaining healthy skin, while Fraxel is better suited for repairing years of accumulated sun damage, wrinkles, and scarring.

Not Sure?

During your consultation, our dermatologists will recommend the treatment that best matches your skin type, concerns, and desired downtime.

What to Expect During Your Clear + Brilliant Treatment

Consultation

Every treatment begins with a comprehensive consultation. We assess your skin type, concerns, medical history, and aesthetic goals to determine whether Clear + Brilliant is the right treatment for you. Your dermatologist will also discuss the number of treatments that may be recommended and review your personalized skincare plan.

Treatment

A topical numbing cream is typically applied before treatment to maximize comfort. During the procedure, the Clear + Brilliant handpiece delivers gentle fractional laser energy across the treatment area. Most appointments take approximately 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the area being treated.

Recovery

Following treatment, your skin may appear pink and feel warm, similar to a mild sunburn. Mild roughness or dryness is common as the skin renews itself over the following days. Most patients resume normal daily activities shortly after treatment while following their recommended post-treatment skincare routine.

Why Patients Choose Clear + Brilliant

Gentle Skin Rejuvenation

Refreshes your complexion without the extended downtime associated with more aggressive laser resurfacing procedures.

Natural-Looking Results

Improvements develop gradually as collagen production increases, leaving your skin looking refreshed rather than dramatically altered.

Minimal Downtime

Most patients experience only temporary redness and quickly return to their normal daily routine.

Collagen Stimulation

Encourages your body's natural collagen production to improve skin quality over time.

Personalized Treatments

Every treatment plan is customized based on your skin type, concerns, and long-term skincare goals.

Long-Term Skin Health

Often incorporated into an ongoing skin maintenance plan to preserve healthy, youthful-looking skin.

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Personalized Care at Elevate Dermatology

At Elevate Dermatology, every Clear + Brilliant treatment is tailored to your individual skin. Our board-certified dermatologists take the time to understand your concerns, assess your skin health, and develop a personalized treatment plan based on evidence-based medicine. Whether your goal is preventative skin rejuvenation or improving early signs of aging, we are committed to delivering natural-looking results while supporting your long-term skin health.

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Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions

  • Clear + Brilliant is a gentle non-ablative fractional laser treatment designed to improve overall skin quality. It stimulates your skin's natural renewal process to improve texture, tone, radiance, and the appearance of early signs of aging with minimal downtime.

  • The laser creates thousands of microscopic treatment zones within the skin while leaving surrounding tissue intact. This controlled process stimulates collagen production and healthy skin renewal, leading to gradual improvements in skin texture, tone, and overall appearance.

  • Clear + Brilliant is commonly used to improve fine lines, uneven skin tone, rough texture, enlarged pores, dull skin, and early sun damage. It is an excellent option for patients looking to maintain healthy, youthful-looking skin.

  • Clear + Brilliant is ideal for patients seeking preventative skin rejuvenation or those beginning to notice the earliest signs of aging. During your consultation, we'll determine whether Clear + Brilliant or another treatment is best suited to your skin type and concerns.

  • Most patients tolerate the procedure well. A topical numbing cream is typically applied before treatment to improve comfort. During treatment, you may experience a mild warming or prickling sensation.

  • Treatment typically takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the treatment area. Additional time should be allowed for consultation and application of topical numbing cream.

  • Downtime is minimal. Most patients experience temporary redness and mild warmth immediately following treatment, similar to a mild sunburn. These effects generally improve within one to two days.

  • Many patients notice brighter, smoother skin within the first few weeks. Because collagen remodeling continues after treatment, improvements continue to develop gradually over time.

  • While many patients notice improvement after a single treatment, a series of treatments is often recommended to achieve optimal results. Your dermatologist will develop a personalized treatment plan based on your goals and skin condition.

  • Results vary depending on your skin, lifestyle, and skincare routine. Periodic maintenance treatments, combined with daily sun protection and medical-grade skincare, can help maintain your results.

  • Your dermatologist will provide personalized aftercare instructions. In many cases, makeup can be applied after the initial healing period, provided the skin is no longer irritated.

  • Yes. Clear + Brilliant is often incorporated into a comprehensive treatment plan alongside medical-grade skincare and selected cosmetic procedures. Your dermatologist will recommend the safest and most effective combination based on your goals.

  • Clear + Brilliant may improve very mild textural irregularities, but patients with moderate or deeper acne scarring often benefit from other resurfacing treatments. We'll recommend the most appropriate option during your consultation.

  • By stimulating collagen production, Clear + Brilliant can improve overall skin quality and firmness. However, patients with significant skin laxity may achieve better results with treatments specifically designed for skin tightening.

  • The best way to determine whether Clear + Brilliant is appropriate for you is through a consultation at Elevate Dermatology. We'll evaluate your skin, discuss your goals, and recommend a personalized treatment plan that aligns with your needs.

  • Clear + Brilliant may be an appropriate treatment for some patients with darker skin tones; however, not every laser is suitable for every skin type. During your consultation, your dermatologist will assess your skin type, medical history, and treatment goals to determine whether Clear + Brilliant is the safest and most effective option for you. In some cases, an alternative treatment may be recommended to minimize the risk of pigmentation changes while achieving optimal results.

  • Before your treatment, your dermatologist will provide personalized pre-treatment instructions based on your skin and medical history. In general, patients should avoid excessive sun exposure and tanning, wear a broad-spectrum sunscreen daily, and temporarily discontinue certain skincare products or medications if advised. Arriving with clean skin free of makeup, lotions, or other topical products can also help ensure the best possible treatment experience.

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Why choose Elevate Dermatology?

At Elevate Dermatology in Pickering, care is provided by a team of board-certified dermatologists with expertise spanning both medical and cosmetic skin health. The clinic combines proven treatments with the latest technology to ensure results that are safe, effective, and tailored to each patient. From managing everyday skin concerns to offering advanced procedures like Secret PRO, the dermatology team is committed to helping individuals look and feel their best in a professional, welcoming environment.

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