Sciton MOXI Laser in Pittsburgh
The gentlest resurfacing laser we run. Non-ablative and fractional, which is what lets it improve tone and texture without asking you to disappear for a week.
Considering MOXI?
Book a consultWhat is MOXI?
MOXI is a non-ablative fractional laser made by Sciton. Non-ablative means it heats the layer beneath your skin without removing the surface. Fractional means it treats microscopic columns of tissue rather than the whole area at once, leaving untreated skin in between to speed the healing.
Those two properties together are the point. The heat prompts the skin to remodel and clear unwanted pigment, while the untouched skin around each column does the repairing. You get real change with a fraction of the recovery an ablative laser demands.
It is the treatment for someone whose skin has started to lose its evenness rather than someone with decades of accumulated wrinkles and damage. For the latter, HALO is the more honest recommendation.
Think of it as maintenance rather than repair. It suits people who want to stay ahead of their skin instead of catching up with it.
Early unevenness of tone, dullness, mild sun damage and the general loss of clarity that shows up well before lines do.
Numbing cream first, then a series of passes that most people describe as warm and prickly. It is comfortable enough that it is often chosen by people who have never had a laser before.
Redness for a day or so, then a few days where the skin feels like fine sandpaper as treated pigment works its way out. Makeup is usually fine the next day.
A series of treatments generally outperforms one, and many people book it seasonally. Your provider will tell you honestly if your concern needs a stronger tool instead.
Not every laserhas to hurt.
Aggressive resurfacing exists because some damage needs it. Most skin does not. MOXI sits at the gentle end on purpose, and choosing it is a decision that you want steady improvement rather than one dramatic correction you have to recover from.
ModelYour skin is losing its evenness
Dullness, early pigment, a general flatness rather than deep damage or scarring.
You cannot take a week off
Redness for a day and a rough texture for a few is the whole recovery. This is the laser you can have and still go to work.
You have never had a laser
It is a reasonable first one. Gentle enough to learn how your own skin responds before committing to something stronger.
You will come back for a series
One treatment helps; a course does the real work. If you want a single dramatic session, HALO is the better conversation.
Your skin type has been assessed
Laser behaves differently across skin tones. That assessment happens before booking, not on the day.
Light work,everywhere at once.
MOXI passes over the whole face in a short appointment, refreshing rather than resurfacing. It is the laser for keeping skin ahead of damage instead of digging it back out later.
Select any marker to see what improves there.
Four questions we are askedabout MOXI.
MOXI is non-ablative only and deliberately gentle. HALO combines ablative and non-ablative wavelengths in one pass and does considerably more, with a correspondingly longer recovery. MOXI is for maintaining and refining; HALO is for correcting.
Numbing cream is applied beforehand and most people describe warmth and prickling rather than pain. It is one of the more comfortable laser treatments available.
Redness for around a day, then several days where the skin feels gritty as treated pigment surfaces and sheds. Most people are back to normal routine and makeup within a day or two.
Most people do a series rather than a single session, and many keep it up seasonally. The number depends on your starting point, which is assessed at consultation rather than sold as a fixed package.
