Photofacial treatment is a new form of laser treatment that cures your skin of any blemishes and acnes. What it does is to use a new form of technology that targets the skin tissue, rather than the skin itself. This has the benefit of not hurting the skin and treating the root cause that lies with the tissue itself.

Photofacial laser treatment is fairly new and was recently approved by the FDA. If you are considering this treatment, you must understand of its pros and cons.

Pros:
- Avoid damaging the skin. Unlike traditional skin treatments, which tend to use abrasive techniques on the skin, this method completely bypasses the skin area and deals with the problem at the skin tissue layer.

- After photofacial treatment, your skin will give off a natural and radiant glow.

- Cost is relatively cheap compared to other forms of skin care treatment. The price per treatment is about USD 500 -600 and the complete process will take about ten treatments. Compared to laser surgery, which can cost up to USD 7,000-USD10,000, photofacial treatment is a much more cheaper alternative.

- There is little discomfort during the treatment. Since there is no abrasion or any injection, patients need not suffer any pain or discomfort at all. All they need to do is to sit at the machine for the laser treatment.

Cons:
- Photofacial treatment side effects are not completely known yet. When dealing with laser raditation, the effects can only be seen after a long period. Given that this treatment is fairly new, it is not 100% certain that there will be no side effects.

- Compared to herbal based remedies, this procedure is more expensive, although as mentioned above, it is much cheaper than traditional form of laser surgery.

- This new treatment is not currently available in many places. To seek treatment, you might need to travel to bigger cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London etc that might offer this new kind of laser treatment.