Facials & skin
Acne treatment at Radiance Wellness & Aesthetics means calming the excess oil and inflammation behind breakouts with in-studio treatments, rather than handing you another product to try at home. In Pleasanton, it starts with a skin consultation with Darinka Morfin, LE, or Zayda Yeoh, NP, who looks at what kind of acne you have and how your skin has responded so far, then recommends a plan. The treatments below have no downtime, so you can come in on a workday.
Acne starts in the oil glands. When they produce too much sebum, pores clog, and the clogged pore becomes inflamed. The deeper and more inflamed the breakout, the more likely it is to leave a mark once it heals, which is why cystic acne scars more than surface spots.
Two habits make it worse. Squeezing or picking a pimple interrupts the healing process, and waiting a long time to treat acne raises the chance of scarring. Both are reasons to come in while the breakouts are active rather than after.
When breakouts keep returning, Darinka looks past the skin at gut health, stress, diet and lifestyle, because the skin is sometimes reporting a problem that started somewhere else.
What we treat
A gentle, heat-based laser that reduces active acne by calming inflammation, and shrinks enlarged pores and redness at the same time. Sessions take about 30 minutes, feel like gentle warmth, and need no recovery time. Results build over a short series.
View treatmentA deep cleanse, a gentle peel and painless suction extractions that unclog pores and reduce oiliness, followed by hydration. It is gentle enough for sensitive skin, takes 30 to 45 minutes, and many patients book it monthly to keep congestion down.
View treatmentA regenerative booster applied after microneedling or LaseMD Ultra that calms inflammation and strengthens the skin barrier. It is suited to acne-prone, reactive or inflamed skin that needs repair alongside treatment.
View treatmentThe appointment
Darinka or Zayda examines your skin, asks what you have tried and what you use at home, and names the type of acne you have. You leave with a recommended treatment, the number of sessions and the cost.
Laser Genesis feels like gentle warmth on the skin. HydraFacial extractions use suction, not squeezing, so they do not hurt. Neither needs numbing.
Keep hands off breakouts, wear sunscreen daily, and follow the product guidance you were given so home care and treatment work together.
HydraFacial clears congestion in one visit. Laser Genesis results are cumulative, so skin looks calmer and clearer with each session in the series.
Candidacy
You are likely a good candidate if you:
If your breakouts have cleared and what is left is the marks, that is a different plan. If the dark spots outlasted the pimples, read about post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
Cost
The cost depends on which treatment suits your skin and how many sessions the plan calls for: a single HydraFacial, a monthly HydraFacial plan and a series of Laser Genesis sessions are three different numbers. Darinka or Zayda gives you the exact cost at the consultation. Members receive a discount on aesthetic treatments. Payment plans are available.
Your providers
Licensed esthetician
Darinka, a licensed esthetician, has 7 years of hands-on skincare experience. She performs facials and peels at Radiance Wellness & Aesthetics and looks beyond the skin at gut health, stress, diet and lifestyle when breakouts keep coming back.
Meet Darinka
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Zayda leads aesthetic care at Radiance Wellness & Aesthetics and performs the laser treatments.
Meet ZaydaClient reviews
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Questions
Still unsure? Darinka or Zayda will answer anything this page does not.
Overproduction of sebum by the oil glands is one of the leading causes of acne. The excess oil clogs pores, the clogged pore becomes inflamed, and the more inflamed it gets, the more likely it is to scar. Picking at breakouts and delaying treatment both raise the chance of a mark being left behind.
It depends on your skin. Laser Genesis calms the inflammation behind active breakouts and shrinks pores. HydraFacial clears congested, oily skin with painless extractions. Darinka or Zayda recommends one, or a combination, at a skin consultation.
No. Laser Genesis feels like a gentle warming of the skin and needs no numbing. HydraFacial extractions use gentle suction rather than squeezing, so most patients find the whole visit relaxing.
No. Laser Genesis and HydraFacial both let you return to your day straight away. After a HydraFacial you can apply makeup immediately, though waiting until the next day lets the serums absorb fully.
Partly. Laser Genesis softens both new and old scars while it calms active acne. Pitted or raised scars need a collagen-building plan of their own, with LaseMD Ultra, microneedling or a peel.
Yes. Payment plans are available for acne treatment at Radiance Wellness & Aesthetics, and members receive a discount on aesthetic treatments. Ask at the consultation.
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Your next step
The sooner acne is calmed, the less it leaves behind. Darinka or Zayda will look at your skin, tell you which treatment fits and what it costs, and you decide from there.
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