The Bollywood Glow Facial is our name for Picofy laser resurfacing paired with a charcoal mask, the treatment you may have seen called a Hollywood peel or a carbon laser peel. The mask binds to the oil, dirt, and dead skin sitting inside your pores, then the InMode PicoFY™ laser targets those carbon particles and lifts them away, deeply cleansing and exfoliating your skin as it passes. It takes about 30 minutes, needs no recovery time, and the glow is there when you walk out the door.
You may be a good candidate for Bollywood Glow Facial if…
- Your skin looks dull, tired, or grey
- You get blackheads, or your pores look large
- Your skin is oily or breaks out often
- You have patches of pigmentation, or your tone looks uneven
- You have an event coming up and no time to recover
- You have a deeper skin tone and worry lasers aren’t for you
Sound like you? Your first consultation is free — we’ll talk through your goals together and map out a plan that fits them.
How the Bollywood Glow Facial works
The treatment has two halves. First, a charcoal mask is spread over your skin and settles into your pores, binding to the oil, dirt, and dead skin sitting inside them. Then the InMode PicoFY™ laser passes over the face. The laser energy is absorbed by the carbon particles rather than by your skin, so they lift away with everything they have collected, deeply cleansing and exfoliating as they go. That is what minimizes the appearance of pores and pigmentation. It also stimulates collagen, which is why the treatment does more than clean: tone and texture keep improving in the days that follow, for a smoother, brighter, more radiant complexion.
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What your appointment looks like
Plan on about 30 minutes. We cleanse your skin, apply the charcoal mask and let it set, then make the laser passes. Most clients describe the sensation as a mild tingling with a feeling of warmth, and no numbing is needed. Afterward your skin may look slightly flushed or feel mildly irritated, and that settles quickly. There is no peeling stage and nothing to hide, so you can go back to your day, or straight to your event, from here.
One session before an event, a series for lasting change
The glow arrives in a single session, which is what makes this the treatment to book before a wedding, a shoot, or a night out. Deeper change works differently. Because the results build on the collagen response rather than on the cleaning alone, lasting, camera-ready skin comes from a series of 4 to 6 sessions spaced 2 to 4 weeks apart. Your provider maps out which of the two you actually need at your consultation, and there is no obligation to commit to a series to try one.
Why a picosecond laser makes the difference
This facial is delivered with the InMode PicoFY™, the same picosecond platform behind our resurfacing, pigment, and tattoo work, and Skincredible is the only practice in Wichita treating with it. A picosecond pulse is far shorter than the pulses older lasers use, so the energy lands as a rapid mechanical shock to the carbon rather than as sustained heat spread through the surrounding skin. Less heat in your skin is what keeps a treatment this effective this comfortable, and it is the reason the appointment ends with a glow rather than with recovery.
Hollywood peel, charcoal facial, carbon peel: one treatment
You will see this treatment under several names. Hollywood peel, charcoal laser facial, black doll facial, and carbon laser peel all describe the same procedure, and each name comes from a different place it caught on. We call ours the Bollywood Glow Facial. If you have read about any of the others and want to know whether this is the same thing, it is.
Suited to a wide range of skin tones
The laser in this treatment is aimed at the carbon layer sitting on the surface of your skin, not at your own pigment. That is a meaningful difference for anyone who has been turned away from a light-based treatment before, or told to be cautious with one. It is not a blanket guarantee: your provider still assesses your skin, your history, and your medications before treating, and that assessment is part of the free consultation.
Benefits of Bollywood Glow Facial.
- An instant glow, with zero downtime
- Clears blackheads and deep-cleans congested pores
- Tightens and refines the look of large pores
- Softens the look of pigmentation
- Smoother texture and more even tone
- Stimulates collagen for firmer, more radiant skin
- Softens fine lines and wrinkles
- Helps calm acne and breakout-prone skin
