Barnard Dermatology is proud of offer our patients treatment with the Palomar Icon™ Aesthetic System is the next generation of platform technology.. This system combines high peak powers, state of the art cooling, built in calibration, and the Skintel™ reader – the only FDA-cleared melanin reader. The Palomar Icon system provides fast treatments with excellent outcomes and user experience.

Building on two decades of unparalleled investments in developing light-based systems for aesthetic providers, the Palomar Icon system redefines the standard of light-based cosmetic and dermatologic care by introducing several new enhancements designed to help improve clinical outcomes and treatment satisfaction.

Palomar has built upon its 20-year leadership to take aesthetic technology to another level. With the Palomar Icon system, aesthetic practices can provide the most popular treatments including laser skin resurfacing, laser wrinkle reduction, laser scar and stretch mark treatment, permanent hair reduction, vessel and pigment clearance, and leg vein clearance.

Please contact Barnard Dermatology at 831-648-8005 to schedule your consultation and see if you are a candidate for any of the treatment the Palomar System offers.

Skintel^™ Melanin Reader

The Skintel™ Melanin Reader™ provides an additional element of treatment confidence by determining the average melanin density of skin, in a quantitative manner, prior to energy-based aesthetic treatment – such as hair removal or skin renewal. Understanding how much melanin is in the skin helps the aesthetic professional to better choose the treatment settings on Palomar systems for enhanced treatment outcomes, while minimizing risk of over treatment.

For use with the Palomar Icon™ Aesthetic System, the Skintel™ reader aids the treatment process by providing suggested test spot settings based on the individual’s Melanin Index value.  Until now, aesthetic treatment providers have primarily relied on fairly subjective tools to determine a client’s skin type – including the traditional Fitzpatrick Skin Type evaluation, observations of the client’s skin, and the client’s account of recent sun exposure.

The Skintel™ Melanin Reader™, the only FDA-cleared melanin reader, now offers practitioners a quantitative method of measuring melanin content for better treatment guidance and an added element of confidence.