Skin of Color · Foggy Bottom

We buildaround tone.

One building, one team, one standard, every skin type. Protocols written for Fitzpatrick IV to VI, not adapted after the fact.

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Trained to treat all skin types
Fitzpatrick IV to VI protocols
Board-certified providers

A Capital Aesthetic injector treating deep, melanin-rich skin

Laser Suite 804Lasers and injectables chosen for melanin-rich skin.

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PositionMelanin-rich skin is the standard here

ProtocolsWritten for Fitzpatrick IV to VI

ProvidersBoard-certified, trained on every tone

On recordPublished practice policy

The thesis

Melanin-rich skin is not an exception here. It is the standard.

One building, one team, one standard, every skin type.

Editorial beauty portrait, fair skin — 01 Porcelain

Editorial beauty portrait, bronze skin — 03 Bronze

Editorial beauty portrait, deep skin — 06 Umber

Campaign imagery. Not patients, not results.

Fitzpatrick IV to VI · Laser hair removal

What the practice reports.

Reported by the practice for Fitzpatrick IV to VI laser hair removal patients. Candidacy is decided in person.

80%hair reduction at nine months

90%smoother skin by one year

6 to 8sessions typical

Pulseduration set by classification

Coolingdevice cooling set for comfort

Aftercareprotective aftercare inside the protocol

The register

Seven, run on deeper skin every week.

No default patient. No default settings. Each of these is planned from your Fitzpatrick classification and your history.

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The full range

Fair through deep, and everything between.

Reference imagery for tone, texture and pigment. Not patients, not results, not retouched. Patient photography is shown at your consultation.

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Fair skin with freckles and visible facial redness — 01 Porcelain · Redness

Light medium skin with sun spots and uneven tone — 02 Honey · Sun spots

Tan skin with visible texture and uneven tone — 03 Bronze · Texture

Deep skin with visible texture and pigment — 05 Mahogany

Skin texture and pigment across a jaw, neck and shoulder — 05 Mahogany · Detail

A man with deep skin and visible texture — 06 Umber

The safety story

Two kinds of training sit behind this.

One provider spends her career on the aesthetics of skin. The other spends his on how injured skin repairs itself. Every aesthetic procedure is a controlled injury. On skin that marks, that is the credential.

Inside the practice

Michelle GermanPA-C

Physician Assistant and Aesthetic Director

A decade of aesthetic medicine on every tone, with lasers and injectables chosen for melanin-rich skin.

Michelle is the stand out for me. She clearly loves what she does and it shows.CJ Johnson, patient review

Jonathan JohnsonMD, MBA, CWSP, FAPWCA

Board Certified Cosmetic Surgeon · Founder and Surgical Director

Board-certified physician in aesthetic medicine, practicing since 2010, with surgical training in how injured skin repairs itself.

Meet the whole team

On the record

Not a new position, a published one.

Although once believed to only be safe for light skin types. We at CALC are knowledgeable and trained to treat all skin types.

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The advanced laser and light based devices available today allow our technicians to carefully calibrate customized settings tailored specifically to darker Fitzpatrick IV to VI skin type for safe and effective results.

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Your expert technician will adjust settings like duration and device cooling for your comfort, a priority for dark complexions.

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The pledge · Held to it

Four things we will be held to.

01Your Fitzpatrick classification goes on the record.
02No result is retouched into a different skin.
03We will tell you when the answer is no.
04No pricing here. Cost follows the plan.

Consultation

Bring the questions you were told not to ask.

In person on Wednesdays, virtual through the week. Laser Suite 202-861-2252. CareCredit accepted.

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2112 F Street NW · Suites 802 & 804202-861-2252CareCredit accepted