Advanced Treatments | The Skin Lounge Fort Collins
Advanced Treatments · Fort Collins, CO

Advanced
Treatments.

Regenerative, precision-led skincare. Microneedling, Plasma Fibroblast, Jet Plasma, and Chemical Peels, built around your skin's own intelligence.

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The Skin Lounge Approach

Regenerative treatments should work with your skin, not against it.

Every advanced treatment at The Skin Lounge is chosen for what it communicates to the skin's own repair system, not for how aggressively it intervenes. The result is structural change that builds over time, rather than a temporary surface effect. We call this category Advanced Treatments because each option asks more of the skin than a standard facial, and delivers more in return, when it is applied with restraint, precision, and a clear plan.

Across microneedling, plasma fibroblast, jet plasma, and chemical peels, the common thread is respect for the skin's own capacity to heal. None of these treatments are chosen because they are the most intense option available. Each is chosen because, applied correctly, it produces the most reliable, cumulative result for a specific concern.

The Regenerative Philosophy
Fort Collins, Colorado

Intelligent Stimulation, Not Injury

Each advanced treatment we offer, microneedling, plasma fibroblast, jet plasma, and chemical peels, creates a precise, controlled signal that communicates with the skin's repair system. None of them override the skin. Each one works with it, prompting a response the skin already knows how to carry out on its own.

Guided by the regenerative philosophy taught by Dr. Des Fernandes, pioneer of microneedling and founder of Environ Skincare, our approach prioritizes precision over aggression at every step, from candidacy through aftercare. We ask what the skin can safely absorb and rebuild from, not simply what the strongest setting on a device can achieve in a single visit.

This is why we describe our advanced treatments as regenerative rather than corrective. Correction implies fixing something broken in a single motion. Regeneration implies a process, one where the skin is guided, session by session, toward a stronger, more resilient version of itself. That process takes time, and it rewards patience with results that hold.

Every protocol we build is a conversation with your skin, not a fixed formula applied regardless of condition. Two clients requesting the same treatment may leave with different needle depths, different peel strengths, or a different number of sessions, because their skin, history, and goals are genuinely different.

This philosophy also shapes how we think about combining treatments. Rather than layering everything at once, we sequence advanced treatments deliberately, allowing one to prepare the skin for the next, and giving the body the time it needs to complete its own repair work between sessions.

Editor's Note

The right advanced treatment is not the strongest one. It is the one matched precisely to your skin's current state, your goals, and your tolerance for downtime. That match is decided together, in consultation, never assumed.

Candidacy

Who Are Advanced Treatments For?

Advanced treatments suit clients who have outgrown maintenance-level facials and are ready for structural, cumulative change: firmer texture, softened lines, faded pigmentation, or a more resilient barrier. Each treatment is calibrated to a different depth of concern, so no single option is right for everyone, and that is precisely the point of offering four distinct paths rather than one.

Some clients arrive with a specific concern already identified, acne scarring, sagging along the jawline, dullness that home care has not resolved. Others arrive simply wanting to look like a well-rested, well-cared-for version of themselves, without a clear sense of which treatment gets them there. Both starting points are welcome. Our role is to translate a goal into a protocol, using what we see in your skin rather than what a menu suggests.

Because these are regenerative treatments, most of them ask for a series rather than a single visit, and most reward a modest amount of patience between sessions. Clients who do best with advanced treatments are typically comfortable committing to a plan that unfolds over several weeks or months, understanding that the most meaningful changes, new collagen, remodeled scar tissue, tightened skin, are built gradually rather than switched on overnight.

A consultation is required before any advanced treatment. We assess your skin type, history, and goals to recommend the right protocol, and to confirm candidacy where contraindications apply, such as pregnancy, active infection, certain autoimmune conditions, or recent use of specific medications.

Explore The Category

Four Paths to Renewal

Each treatment addresses a different layer of concern, from surface tone to deep structural laxity. Together, they form the full range of our regenerative offerings, and most of our long-term clients eventually experience more than one.

Matched To Your Concern

Choosing the Right Treatment

If you already know what bothers you most about your skin, this is often the fastest way to find your starting point. Each concern below maps to the treatment that addresses it most directly, though many clients ultimately benefit from more than one.

Acne Scarring & Pitting

Microneedling

Controlled micro-channels remodel scar tissue from within, reducing the appearance of pitting over a series of sessions. Medical-depth microneedling, often paired with PRP, exosomes, or PDRN, gives the most dramatic remodeling for deeper, longer-standing scarring.

Skin Laxity & Crepey Texture

Plasma Fibroblast

Precise micro-points trigger immediate contraction and progressive collagen remodeling in delicate, targeted areas such as the upper eyes, brows, jowls, and neck, where surgery is often avoided but visible improvement is still desired.

Progressive Firmness Without Downtime

Jet Plasma

Cold, non-ablative plasma builds collagen and elastin gradually, with virtually no recovery period between sessions. It is frequently chosen by clients balancing demanding schedules with a genuine, cumulative interest in firmer, calmer skin.

Pigmentation, Dullness & Congestion

Chemical Peels

Layered acids exfoliate and clarify, fading pigmentation and refining tone and texture with each session. Peel strength is adjusted gradually, allowing sensitive or previously untreated skin to build tolerance before moving to deeper correction.

Multiple Concerns, One Plan

A Combined Protocol

Many of our clients do not fit neatly into a single category. A combined plan, such as microneedling paired with a chemical peel series, or jet plasma layered ahead of plasma fibroblast, is common and is always built around sequencing that protects the skin's recovery.

Before Your First Session

Safety, Candidacy & Consultation

Every advanced treatment begins the same way, with a consultation rather than a booking form. We review your skin's history, current medications, prior procedures, and any conditions that might affect candidacy, because the same treatment that suits one client's skin may not suit another's, even when the surface concern looks identical.

Certain conditions call for extra caution across this category as a whole. Pregnancy, active skin infections, recent isotretinoin use, and certain autoimmune conditions commonly require a delay or an alternative approach. Darker skin tones require particular care with plasma-based treatments and deeper peels, where pigment response must be assessed individually rather than assumed from a general guideline.

For clients who are approved to proceed, we also confirm which pre-treatment steps will help. Some protocols, microneedling in particular, benefit from four to eight weeks of preparation with vitamin A and vitamin C serums, which strengthen the skin and support collagen synthesis before the first session begins.

Aftercare receives the same level of attention as the session itself. Depending on the treatment, this may include barrier-repair serums, strict sun protection, and a temporary pause on actives such as retinol or exfoliating acids. We walk through this plan before you leave, in writing, so recovery is never left to guesswork once you are home.

What We Always Confirm

Skin type, medical history, current medications, recent procedures, and realistic goals, before any treatment is scheduled.

What May Delay Treatment

Pregnancy, active infection, certain autoimmune conditions, recent retinoid or isotretinoin use, and unhealed skin from a prior procedure.

The Process

Your Treatment Journey

Whichever advanced treatment you choose, the path we follow together looks much the same. It begins with listening, moves through a carefully sequenced plan, and continues well past your last appointment, into the maintenance that protects your results.

Step 01

Consultation & Skin Mapping

We assess your skin's current state, history, and goals before recommending the treatment and protocol that fit you. This conversation also sets expectations for timeline, downtime, and the number of sessions a realistic plan requires.

Step 02

Treatment Selection & Planning

Together, we choose the right advanced treatment, or combination of treatments, and outline a realistic timeline for results, including any pre-treatment preparation that will improve your outcome and shorten your recovery.

Step 03

Your Session

Every session is performed with precision and restraint, respecting your skin's recovery cycle rather than overriding it. Numbing, when relevant, and post-treatment care are built into the appointment itself, not treated as an afterthought.

Step 04

Series & Long-Term Maintenance

Most protocols call for a series of sessions, spaced to allow full remodeling, followed by periodic maintenance to sustain results. We check in along the way and adjust the plan as your skin responds.

Frequently Asked

Common Questions

Advanced Treatments

It depends on your primary concern, your tolerance for downtime, and your skin's current condition. A consultation lets us map your skin and recommend the treatment, or combination, that fits your goals, rather than starting from a treatment you have already picked from a menu.

Yes. Many clients layer treatments, such as microneedling with chemical peels, or jet plasma to prepare skin ahead of a plasma fibroblast series. We build a sequenced plan during your consultation so each treatment supports rather than competes with the others.

Downtime varies by treatment. Jet Plasma and light chemical peels involve virtually none. Microneedling typically involves mild redness for one to three days. Plasma Fibroblast has the longest recovery, with initial healing over five to seven days as carbon crusts naturally shed.

Most advanced treatments are delivered as a series, typically three to six sessions, spaced weeks apart to allow full collagen remodeling. Your exact plan depends on the treatment, the depth of the concern, and how your skin responds along the way.

Yes. Every advanced treatment requires a consultation to assess candidacy, skin history, and any contraindications before a session is booked. This step is what allows us to recommend a genuinely appropriate protocol rather than a generic one.

Some clients notice improved texture or clarity within the first week. More structural changes, firmness, softened scarring, faded pigmentation, typically become visible over three to twelve weeks, as new collagen forms and remodels beneath the surface.

Most of our advanced treatments are suitable for all Fitzpatrick skin types, though candidacy is always assessed individually. Plasma-based treatments and deeper peels require particular care in darker skin tones, which we evaluate carefully during your consultation.

Often, yes, temporarily. We may ask you to pause retinol, exfoliating acids, or certain actives in the days before and after your session, and to introduce barrier-supportive products in their place. A full at-home plan is provided as part of your consultation.

Regenerative results,
built around your skin.

Start with a consultation. We will map your skin, walk through each of our four advanced treatments, and recommend the protocol, or combination, that fits your goals, your timeline, and your skin's own pace of healing.

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