Sciton

Conveniently located to serve the areas of Cleveland, OH

Sciton is an advanced medical device manufacturer that produces light- and laser-based technologies for various skin treatments and hair reduction. Their stand-out innovations include BroadBand Light (BBL), Skin Smooth and other tunable resurfacing lasers, HALO, MOXI, Clear V, Acne Clear, and V beam. And, our newest addition to our laser armamentarium is TRIBrid, giving us a more efficient, tunable, and customizable treatment for various patient concerns!

Dr. Paul Vanek is a highly trained and experienced plastic surgeon with specialized skill in breast augmentation, advanced liposuction techniques, facial and laser skin rejuvenation, and skin care. He is also a Fellow of the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Vanek is also one of Sciton’s key opinion leaders and one of the nation’s leading laser treatment experts. He is also their 2026 Excellence in Aesthetic Leadership award winner. Dr. Vanek regularly lectures about Sciton and the advancements these devices can provide patients.

Dr. Vanek leads Mentor Plastic Surgery & MedSpa with an emphasis on genuinely caring about each patient and creating personalized procedure plans to meet their goals. Additionally, he is a leading Renuvion, AYON, and VASER liposuction expert and a national speaker for each, often using them in nearly every body lift or liposuction procedure he performs.

Dr. Vanek understands the importance of new medical technologies and strives to adopt them as early as possible to help his patients achieve better outcomes. Whether it is a Sciton laser or a new liposuction innovation, working with Dr. Vanek means achieving your goals safely, smoothly, and efficiently.

If you want to achieve ultimate skin rejuvenation, Dr. Vanek can help you explore these innovative laser treatments. To learn more, contact us online or call our office at (440) 205-5750 to schedule your personal consultation.

About Sciton

Sciton offers a wide portfolio of laser wavelengths that offer comprehensive light-based treatment modalities. These core flagship laser and light treatment brands can be customized and combined for various skin rejuvenation needs. Each laser has the ability to deliver a variety of results depending on your skin type, tone, and texture, age or circumstances. Each laser treatment is customized using the skin typing matrix, which evaluates your skin pigment, scarring, and lifestyle habits, such as the consequences of your lifetime’s sun exposure. Our treatment methods incorporate the state of the art wavelengths and world renowned experience to give you back the skin of your dreams. (1) We also understand your goals and we will evaluate your skin’s health to optimize treatment.

Dr. Vanek’s Laser Treatment Philosophy

Dr. Vanek compares his laser offerings to a chef and his spices. With the right combination of energies, we can create a more transcendent and comprehensive outcome than with single wavelengths alone. Another method of thinking of this is that the symphony of instruments in an orchestra is more impactful and beautiful than listening to the trumpet section alone. As a trumpet player, cook, and surgeon, Dr. Vanek understands that the best outcomes come from blending the most state-of-the-art modalities for the needs of each patient. When he discusses your beauty plan, he will keep in mind the most comprehensive approach to collaboratively creating your best you.

Sciton HALO

Sciton HALO is the world’s first hybrid fractional laser that delivers both ablative and non-ablative wavelengths to treat both surface texture and deep damage.What does that all mean? Old fashioned lasers were exclusively ablative, and used high heat and a lot of tissue damage that took a long time to heal and left people looking robbed of their natural pigments. These traditional CO2 devices are still on the market because they function and are sitting in the corner of the office waiting for use. But state-of-the-art treatments using non-ablative with or without fractional ablative involve the use of fractional or fractions of the skin getting stimulated without creating a wound or bleeding or risks of scarring from the high heat precursors. The expert combined use of various wavelengths are used by Dr. Vanek and his team to help you optimize your skin, tighten it and make it glow. The HALO wavelengths can be tuned to the best outcome for your specific skin in the hands of an experienced laser treatment clinician! This treatment customizes depth to address specific skin conditions with fewer required sessions than traditional burning lasers. It aims to improve fine lines, sunspots, uneven skin tone, enlarged pores, and rough texture. Sciton HALO uses a 2940nm wavelength for superficial skin resurfacing to target pores and uneven texture and a 1470nm wavelength for deeper dermal rejuvenation, such as collagen stimulation and pigmentation. (2) Sciton HALO requires about three to five days of downtime, but most patients achieve desired outcomes in one to three treatments, and collagen continues to build over time. You will see immediate results with some swelling that subsides in a few days, but you need not curtail any but the most substantial straining or heat stresses. What does that mean to you? You are applying moisturizers 5 times a day for 5-7 days after HALO until your skin fractional dots remodel. You can work safely in a clean environment, and return to all your normal activities except strenuous workout or hot saunas. By day 7 most people are thoroughly enjoying their fresher skin, and it keeps getting glowier in the coming weeks!

Sciton Forever Young BBL

When we are young, our skin is bright and firm with an even tone and a natural vibrancy. However, as we age, our skin begins to gradually lose firmness and coloration due to natural aging, environmental factors, and more. As the skin ages and we start to see visible changes, many begin to search for treatments and products to help bring us back to our youthful appearance. Sciton Forever Young BBL is the only device that has been shown to change the expression of genes associated with aging, longevity, and increased lifespan. Scientific evidence demonstrates regular Forever Young BBL treatments functionally rejuvenate and delay skin aging. This treatment stimulates the skin cells to generate new collagen, thicken your skin, tighten your pores, smooth uneven texture, resulting in youthful, rejuvenated, and healthy skin, restored to its natural state. Forever Young BBL treatments are fast, and your entire face and neck can be comfortably treated in approximately 15 minutes without downtime. Aside from the face, this treatment is effective on all body areas, including the neck, chest, arms, and hands.

Sciton MicroLaserPeel

The MicroLaserPeel precisely removes the very thin outermost layer of the skin. This accuracy of the customizable depth allows Dr. Vanek to achieve optimal results with minimal downtime and discomfort. The procedure can improve your skin’s texture, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, sun and age-related spots, and tone.

After just one treatment, you may be able to see significant improvements, but Dr. Vanek may recommend a series of two to four treatments spaced four to six weeks apart for optimal results. When indicated, the MicroLaserPeel can be added to any other laser treatment. Dr. Vanek will help you explore these options during your collaborative consultation.

Sciton Profractional

Sciton ProFractional is one of the most popular treatments today for its ability to improve a wide range of specific skin imperfections. This in-office procedure uses a tiny laser beam to penetrate deeply into thousands of pinpoint areas, so only a fraction of your skin needs to be directly exposed to the laser energy. This stimulates the body’s natural healing process, and the treated areas stimulate new collagen production, which adds firmness and resilience to your skin. This specific laser treatment targets fine lines and wrinkles, acne and post-traumatic scarring, enlarged pores, sun spots and age-related spots, stretch marks, and more. Because it is fractional ablative, the skin injury heals in one day but continues to remodel over the next two weeks.

HALO TRIBRID

HALO TRIBRID is the first triple-wavelength resurfacing laser system designed to treat multiple layers of the skin in a single session. Dr. Vanek and his practice is the first in Northeast Ohio to offer this state of the art technology to further enhance his patient’s outcome in skin rejuvenaton. This device uses the JOULE®X platform, which combines three independently controlled wavelengths into a single handpiece. Most patients receive a topical numbing agent and may elect to use laughing gas (ProNox) to remain comfortable under the more powerful TRIBRID laser. These lasers smooth rough texture and refine pores, target superficial pigmentation, brighten dull tone, and stimulate collagen remodeling and long-term renewal. (3) Additionally, this treatment is safe for various skin types and customizable for the face, neck, chest, hands, and body.

Sciton SkinTyte

The SkinTyte treatment uses infrared pulsed light technology to heat your skin’s deepest layers of collagen, which causes it to contract and produce a new collagen foundation. The result of this treatment will be firmer, youthful-looking, and even skin. SkinTyte can also treat loose, sagging, erythematous, and flushed skin. This treatment is ideal for patients who desire moderate, noticeable skin tone improvements without having to undergo surgery. SkinTyte uses a powerful cooling system that keeps the outer surface of your skin at a safe and comfortable temperature while the deepest layers are being treated. It does not require topical anesthetic, and the entire procedure takes about 30 minutes for the face and neck. With five to six weekly SkinTyte treatments, your skin can rebuild lost collagen, and you will be able to see full results after three months.

MOXI

MOXI is a gentle, non-ablative fractional laser treatment that is designed to refresh your skin, correct uneven skin pigmentation and texture, and boost collagen production with very little downtime. (4) This treatment uses a 1927nm laser wavelength. Because the target is the upper dermis, this wavelength is perfect to polish the skin outer layer giving a long lasting substantial glow. A “glow-up” with MOXI often results in months of glowing polished skin and years of sun damage reversal. The wavelength 1927nm light specifically heats the water in the dermis at the upper 200 microns, which triggers the body’s natural healing response. MOXI is safe for all skin tones and effectively resolves sun damage, age spots, uneven skin tone, rough texture, and early signs of aging. It is particularly excellent for the treatment of melasma. On average, Dr. Vanek recommends that you receive two to four sessions followed by occasional maintenance treatments to preserve your results long-term. You will see results from the first days after treatment, but may need more to fully reverse your aging and genetic changes.

Super MOXI

Dr. Vanek also offers Super MOXI that includes HD Delivery™. Super MOXI delivers treatments twice as fast as traditional MOXI with expanded energy and density settings that offer more ways to tailor treatments from face to body. Super MOXI is available on both mJOULE® and JOULE X® platforms, with new ScitonStaX™ combinations. This technology brings greater power, speed, and treatment flexibility through the power of twin beams, addressing a wide range of facial and body concerns faster and easier than MOXI® alone. (5) Each innovation in delivery speed and setting gives Dr. Vanek and his team the greatest ability to give you more versatile, and better outcomes.

MOXI Body

MOXI Body is a gentle, non-ablative fractional laser that can refresh skin tone, reduce sun damage, and stimulate collagen growth in various body areas. It uses a 1927nm fractional laser to create an immune response by targeting the water in the skin while leaving the outer skin layer intact. MOXI Body can address concerns on the chest, décolletage, arms, hands, back, legs, shoulders, and abdomen. Three sessions of MOXI Body, each a month apart, has been shown to markedly reduce precancerous actinic keratoses, which are precursors to squamous and basal cell carcinoma.

Clear V and V Beam ClearSilk

Clear V and V Beam ClearSilk by Sciton are two complementary, non-invasive 1064 wavelength lasers. They treat redness, prominent facial vessels and leg veins, stubborn acne scarring, and aged skin with little to no downtime.

Clear V

Clear V targets vascular concerns such as veins, broken capillaries, prominent facial or periorbital veins, rosacea-related flushing, and cherry angiomas. Clear V delivers precise laser energy to the target treatment zone, collapsing surface and subsurface blood vessels. It also has an integrated cooling feature to make treatment comfortable.

V Beam ClearSilk

This laser enhances overall skin texture and reduces fine lines, mild acne, enlarged pores, skin discoloration, redness, and dullness. V Beam ClearSilk gently diffuses heat to the upper dermis using a rapid “hash-mark” motion. This stimulates collagen production and encourages cellular renewal, leading to more radiant skin. The pinkness and flushing of rosacea is particularly susceptible to ClearSilk treatments; one to two months of treatment can create exceptional clarity in rosacea blushing.

Lasers for Acne and Acne Scarring

Dr. Vanek offers lasers for acne and acne scarring. Laser technologies, including ablative or non-ablative, can reduce acne and acne scarring by stimulating collagen production and revealing the fresh layers of skin beneath.

  • Ablative Lasers: Vaporize the entire top layer of damaged skin by resurfacing deep and pitted scars. Ablative laser treatments such as the Sciton Profractional or the Sciton MicroLaserPeel can remove skin cells in a targeted manner to resurface the skin. Additionally, Dr. Vanek offers the Mentor Peel™, a procedure developed and trademarked by him that combines the Profractional and MicroLaserPeel treatments to provide exceptional resurfacing outcomes.
  • Non-Ablative Lasers: Deliver heat underneath the skin to stimulate collagen growth and plump indented or sunken scarring from the inside out. Dr. Vanek offers the intense pulsed light Sciton BBL treatment that uses specific wavelengths of light energy to eliminate redness and scarring. The 420nm BBL sterilizes the skin by creating singlet oxygen in real time with light exposure to eliminate active acne breakouts and the bacteria that cause them.

Dr. Vanek can also help diminish other forms of scarring, such as hypertrophic, hypotrophic, erythematous, and more. He is specially trained in scar management and optimization, offering each patient expert guidance in achieving smooth and healed skin.

Candidates

If you are noticing signs of aging, redness, pigmentation damage, loss of elasticity and firmness, and dull-looking skin on your face, neck, chest, arms, and other body parts, you may benefit greatly from a Sciton laser treatment. You must also be in relatively good health, free of any underlying skin conditions, and have realistic expectations for your results.

Personal Consultation

During your personal consultation, Dr. Vanek will examine your skin texture and tone and ensure you are free of any underlying skin conditions before recommending the best laser treatment. He will also discuss your goals for your treatment. Dr. Vanek will address any questions or concerns you may have about the specific Sciton laser treatment, allowing you to feel comfortable and knowledgeable before proceeding. Contact us online or call our office at (440) 205-5750 to schedule your personal consultation and learn about which treatment is ideal for you!

What to Expect

Sciton laser treatments can slow down the rate at which the skin ages and erase existing skin concerns. They are excellent preventative and corrective treatments, and results may last up to 10 years, if not longer. By simultaneously triggering natural healing and collagen growth, skin health will improve over time, creating long-term resilience against sun damage, wrinkles, poor tone and texture, and more.

Cost of Sciton Laser Treatments in Concord, Ohio

The total cost of your Sciton laser treatment varies depending on the type of laser treatment you receive, the techniques Dr. Vanek utilizes, the concerns you wish to address, the number of sessions you undergo, and whether or not you include any other treatments. During your personal consultation, Dr. Vanek will provide you with a treatment outline that includes the total cost. If you are ready to explore how Sciton can enhance your skin health and appearance, contact us online or call our office at (440) 205-5750 to schedule your personal consultation.

FAQ

Will I experience any discomfort after my treatment?

Most patients experience mild warmth or a sunburn-like sensation for several days after treatment. We will apply a CMT post-procedure cream that alleviates discomfort and enhances recovery that is available for purchase.

How long will redness linger after my treatment?

Redness can typically last 24 to 72 hours, depending on the treatment you receive. HALO may cause redness for several days, while MOXI and BBL may resolve sooner.

How soon can I wash my face after my treatment?

You may gently cleanse your face the evening of your treatment or the following morning using a gentle cleanser. However, you should still avoid harsh scrubs or exfoliating products until receiving clearance.

When can I wear makeup again?

Most patients can resume their makeup application after 24 to 48 hours. Specifically for HALO treatments, Dr. Vanek recommends that you wait at least three to four days.

Why do my brown spots look darker after treatment?

Pigmented spots often darken before they flake off. This is a normal part of the skin renewal process.

Is it normal for my skin to feel rough or sandpaper-like?

Yes. After treatments like MOXI or HALO, your skin may feel rough for several days as the skin renews and exfoliates naturally.

When can I exercise again?

You must avoid strenuous exercise, saunas, and excessive heat exposure for at least 24 to 48 hours after treatment.

What products should I use after treatment?

Dr. Vanek will recommend certain products such as hypochlorous acid spray, plated serum, barrier repair cream, and the CMT post-procedure cream to ensure smooth healing and comfort.

Is swelling normal after laser treatments?

Mild swelling is common and usually resolves within 24 to 72 hours. Dr. Vanek recommends that you sleep with your head elevated and stay hydrated to ease the healing process.

References

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  3. HALO TRIBRID by Sciton. Sciton.com. 2025. Accessed September 21, 2026. https://sciton.com/tribrid/
  4. Sciton. Sciton. June 30, 2025. Accessed September 21, 2026. https://sciton.com/moxi/
  5. Super MOXI by Sciton. Supermoxi.com. 2026. Accessed September 23, 2026. https://supermoxi.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=SLX