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- After a Stellar M22 laser session, your skin may feel warm, flushed, or slightly tight. This is normal and part of the natural healing process.
- Supporting your skin with gentle cleansing, lightweight moisturisers, hydrating serums or ampoules, and post-facial collagen masks helps boost hydration, reduce irritation, and extend the benefits of your treatment.
- Scheduling gentle maintenance facials like LDM Triple, Omega Light, or Cryotherapy Hydrating sessions between laser treatments can be additional help.
Post-Treatment Care After a Stellar M22 Laser Session
Your post-laser journey is just as important as the treatment itself. After a Stellar M22 session, your skin continues to repair and regenerate, often feeling a little warm or flushed as it adjusts. The right post-treatment routine keeps your skin comfortable, balanced, and well-hydrated, ensuring that your results continue to improve in the days that follow.
Keep reading to learn more about supporting your skin after a laser session.
What is a Stellar M22 Laser Session?
Stellar M22 laser is a non-invasive treatment designed to address multiple skin concerns while supporting the skin’s natural renewal process. It works by delivering controlled pulses of light or fractional laser energy into targeted layers of the skin, leaving surrounding tissue largely unaffected. This process encourages the skin to rejuvenate gradually, stimulating collagen production, supporting texture improvement, and refining overall tone over time.
As the next-generation evolution of the well-known Lumenis M22 system, Stellar offers enhanced precision, improved user interface, and faster treatment capabilities — making it a more advanced and efficient option for both practitioners and patients.
The system can be customised using a combination of technologies: the Universal IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) module targets pigmentation, sun spots, and broken vessels, while ResurFX™ uses a fractional non-ablative laser to reach deeper layers, supporting cellular renewal and collagen activity.
Together, these treatments can address several skin concerns in a single session, including:
- Uneven skin tone and pigmentation
- Sun spots and age spots
- Broken capillaries or redness
- Fine lines and early signs of ageing
- Mild skin laxity or loss of firmness
- Rough texture and uneven skin surface
Interested in finding out if the Stellar M22 laser treatment is suitable for you? Contact us for a personalised assessment.
What to Expect and When Results Appear
After your Stellar M22 laser session, it’s helpful to know what to expect immediately and over the coming days.
Day of Treatment
After your Stellar M22 laser session, it’s normal for the treated areas to appear slightly flushed or swollen. This is a natural part of your skin’s healing response and typically subsides within a few hours to a day. You may also feel mild warmth or tightness, which can be eased with a cool compress applied gently to the skin.
During the first 48 hours, it’s important to keep your skin calm and avoid anything that could increase circulation or body heat. Skip facial massages, strenuous exercise, saunas, and alcohol during this period to minimise irritation and support a comfortable recovery.
When Results Begin and Peak
Results develop gradually over several weeks, making careful post-treatment care and maintenance important for sustained benefits.
Many people notice a boost in hydration and radiance as the skin begins its natural renewal process. Over time, as collagen and elastin activity continue to support skin structure, full results typically become apparent after the second or third session, leaving your skin clearer, more even, and refreshed.
How to Support Results with Home Care
Maintaining your Stellar M22 laser results relies on consistent care at home. Focusing on hydration and gentle routines that support your skin’s recovery helps extend results and keep your complexion balanced.
Use a Gentle Hydrating Routine
Choose fragrance-free cleansers and lightweight moisturisers to protect your skin barrier while replenishing moisture. These products help calm sensitivity, restore comfort, and maintain the skin’s natural resilience during the healing phase.
Incorporate a Hydrating Serum or Ampoules
SkinLab’s Intense Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Serum helps retain moisture, keeping skin plump and comfortable, while HydrO₂ Ultra Ampoules provide oxygen-infused nourishment to refresh and condition the complexion.
Using these between sessions supports hydration, encourages collagen activity, and helps maintain skin elasticity.
Post-Facial Collagen Masks
Applying a collagen mask after your facial helps lock in hydration, support barrier strength, and reinforce the benefits of both your professional facial and laser treatments. This extra step helps maintain suppleness and even tone over time.
Maintaining Your Skin Between Sessions
Once your skin has fully recovered from a Stellar M22 session, you can also opt for gentle maintenance treatments by SkinLab as additional support.
Gentle Facials to Soothe the Skin
- Local Dynamic Micro‑massage (LDM) Triple Facial: Uses targeted ultrasound waves to support natural skin renewal, improving texture and moisture retention.
- Omega Light Facial: Combines LED therapy with a customised facial to address early signs of ageing, pigmentation, and dullness.
- Cryotherapy Hydrating Facial: Uses gentle cold therapy to soothe heat and redness, reduce puffiness, and refresh the complexion. It helps maintain hydration and comfort while supporting the skin’s natural renewal.
Regular sessions of these facials also enhance your skin’s ability to absorb serums and moisturisers, keeping your complexion refreshed and radiant between treatments.
Post-Laser Care: What to Avoid
Protecting your skin from unnecessary stress is essential to support a comfortable healing process.
Here’s what to avoid:
Harsh Exfoliation or Aggressive Peels
After your laser session, your skin is more sensitive and vulnerable to irritation. Hold off on any physical scrubs, chemical peels, or strong exfoliating treatments for at least one to two weeks. This allows your skin to recover fully, reduces the risk of redness or inflammation, and ensures your results last longer.
Sun Exposure
Daily sunscreen is crucial, even if you’re mostly indoors. UV rays can accelerate pigmentation, cause uneven tone, and interfere with the healing process after a laser treatment. Applying a broad-spectrum SPF protects your skin, helps maintain the improvements from your session, and supports overall skin health.
Refresh and Restore Your Skin after Laser Treatment
After a Stellar M22 laser session, your skin has been treated to target concerns like pigmentation, redness, and fine lines. Because the treatment works beneath the surface, it’s important to handle your skin gently to avoid irritation and support recovery.
At SkinLab The Medical Spa, our therapists will recommend appropriate post-laser facials and home-care routines, so you can feel confident about your long-term skin health. Contact us today!