The holiday season brings many opportunities to celebrate with family and friends, making it the perfect time to invest in treatments that help you look and feel your absolute best. Whether you’re preparing for office parties, family gatherings, or simply want to start the new year with renewed confidence, professional dermatological treatments offer lasting results that go far beyond what any over-the-counter product can achieve.
Keep reading to learn about six treatments that will help you achieve radiant, refreshed skin just in time for all your holiday celebrations.
Why Are the Holidays the Perfect Time for Skin Treatments?
The weeks leading up to major holidays present an ideal window for cosmetic treatments, as you’ll have time to heal and see full results before your important events. Many professional treatments require minimal downtime, allowing you to return to your daily activities while your skin undergoes its transformation process.
The cooler winter months also offer prime conditions for certain treatments that require sun protection during the healing process. That way, your skin can recover properly while you’re naturally spending more time indoors and wearing protective clothing when venturing outside.
Exploring Your Options
At The Menkes Clinic, our providers offer some excellent treatment options that can help you achieve your aesthetic goals while working with your holiday timeline.
1. Microneedling with Radiofrequency
Microneedling with Radiofrequency (RF) is a minimally invasive treatment that rejuvenates the skin by combining traditional microneedling with the deep-heating power of radiofrequency energy. Tiny, ultra-fine needles create controlled micro-injuries in the skin while simultaneously delivering RF energy into the deeper dermal layers. This process stimulates the body’s natural healing response—boosting collagen and elastin production for smoother, firmer, and more youthful-looking skin.
By targeting both the surface and deeper layers of the skin, RF microneedling improves tone, texture, and tightness, helping reduce fine lines, acne scars, enlarged pores, and overall laxity. Over the weeks following treatment, new collagen continues to remodel and strengthen the skin’s foundation, revealing gradual, natural-looking results that can last for months.
2. VI Peels
VI Peels offer a powerful yet gentle approach to skin resurfacing that can address multiple concerns in a single treatment session. These medical-grade chemical peels use a blend of ingredients, including salicylic acid, retinoic acid, and vitamin C to penetrate deep into your skin and stimulate cellular renewal.
The treatment process begins with thorough skin cleansing, followed by the careful application of the VI Peel solution. Most patients experience only mild tingling during application, and the entire procedure takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Following treatment, your skin will begin peeling within 48 to 72 hours, revealing the fresh, new skin underneath. The complete peeling process typically lasts five to seven days, during which time you’ll need to follow specific aftercare instructions to ensure optimal results and prevent complications.
3. DiamondGlow
DiamondGlow represents the next generation of dermabrasion technology, combining exfoliation, extraction, and infusion in one comprehensive treatment. This three-in-one approach removes dead skin cells, clears congested pores, and delivers condition-specific serums deep into your skin for immediate and long-lasting results.
The treatment utilizes a diamond-tipped wand to gently resurface your skin while simultaneously vacuuming away dead cells and impurities. As this exfoliation occurs, the device infuses your skin with professional-grade serums tailored to address your specific concerns, whether you’re dealing with dryness, hyperpigmentation, or signs of aging.
Alison Boudreaux, MD, board-certified dermatologist in Sacramento, explains the versatility of DiamondGlow treatments:
“What makes DiamondGlow particularly appealing for holiday preparation is its ability to deliver immediate results with no downtime whatsoever. Patients leave our office with visibly smoother, brighter skin that provides the perfect canvas for makeup application. The treatment can be customized based on individual skin types and concerns, making it suitable for virtually anyone looking to achieve a radiant complexion quickly and safely.”
4. LaseMD Skin Resurfacing
LaseMD uses fractional non-ablative laser technology to create controlled micro-injuries in your skin, stimulating your body’s natural healing process and collagen production. This advanced resurfacing treatment can effectively address fine lines, sun damage, melasma, and overall skin texture concerns while requiring minimal downtime.
The laser creates thousands of microscopic treatment zones in your skin while leaving surrounding tissue intact, allowing for faster healing and reduced risk of complications. After LaseMD treatment, your skin will begin to show improvement within a few days, with results typically visible after a series of treatments spaced four to six weeks apart.
5. IPL FotoFacial
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology offers a non-invasive solution for addressing multiple skin concerns in a single treatment session. IPL delivers broad-spectrum light energy that targets specific chromophores in your skin, effectively treating sun damage, age spots, rosacea, broken capillaries, and overall skin tone irregularities.
The treatment works by directing controlled light energy into your skin, where it is absorbed by targeted pigmented and vascular lesions. This absorption process heats and destroys unwanted cells while leaving surrounding healthy tissue unaffected, allowing your body to naturally eliminate the treated areas over the following weeks.
6. Botox & Dermal Fillers
Injectable treatments remain among the most popular cosmetic procedures for achieving immediate, natural-looking results with minimal downtime. Botox works by temporarily relaxing specific facial muscles that create dynamic wrinkles, while dermal fillers restore lost volume and smooth static lines for a more youthful appearance.
Botox injections target expression lines around the eyes, forehead, and between the brows by blocking nerve signals to specific muscles. Dermal fillers utilize hyaluronic acid-based formulations to restore volume to areas affected by age-related volume loss, including the cheeks, lips, nasolabial folds, and under-eye areas.
These treatments provide immediate results that continue to improve over the following days as the product settles naturally into place.
Amanda Knox, RN, aesthetic nurse in Sacramento emphasizes the importance of proper technique and timing:
“The key to successful injectable treatments lies in understanding facial anatomy and creating natural-looking results that enhance rather than change your appearance. We recommend scheduling Botox treatments at least two weeks before important events to allow time for the full effect to develop, while filler treatments can be performed closer to your special occasions since results are visible immediately. The goal is always to help patients look like the best version of themselves.”
When Should I Schedule My Treatment?
Timing considerations vary depending on your chosen treatment and the specific events you’re preparing for during the holiday season. Treatments requiring minimal downtime, such as DiamondGlow or IPL, can be scheduled relatively close to important events, while more intensive procedures may require several weeks of healing time.
For the best results, many providers recommend beginning your treatment plan 6 to 8 weeks before major holiday events. This timeline allows for proper healing, potential follow-up treatments if needed, and time for your final results to fully develop before your special occasions.
If you have questions about your skin, schedule an appointment at The Menkes Clinic today!
