Foggy Bottom Washington DC

We build
around tone

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

  • Trained to treat all skin types
  • Fitzpatrick IV to VI protocols
  • Board certified providers
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Editorial beauty portrait, fair skin, dramatic studio light against a dark ground
01 Porcelain
Editorial beauty portrait, bronze skin, dramatic studio light against a dark ground
03 Bronze
Editorial beauty portrait, deep skin, dramatic studio light against a dark ground
06 Umber

The thesis

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

Campaign imagery. Not patients, not results.

Fitzpatrick IV to VI

  • 80% hair reduction at nine months
  • 90% smoother skin by one year
  • Six to eight sessions typical
  • Pulse duration set by classification
  • Device cooling set for comfort
  • Protective aftercare inside the protocol

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

The register

Seven, run on deeper skin every week

  • CA-804-201Laser hair removal on dark skinSettings and cooling matched to your classification.
  • CA-804-206Laser toning for melasmaPlanned as a course, never as one session.
  • CA-804-204IPL photofacialCandidacy assessed by tone first.
  • CA-804-211Microneedling and Secret RFWorks on all skin types and tones.
  • CA-804-312Scar management, keloid awareHistory taken before anything is planned.
  • CA-804-311DPN removalRemoved painlessly. Many practices will not.
  • CA-804-322Kenalog injectionsDiscussed in person, after the history.

The house position

No default patient.
No default settings

The full range

Fair through deep, and everything between

See results by tone
Natural light portrait of a fair skinned woman with freckles and visible facial redness
01 Porcelain Redness
Natural light portrait of a woman with light medium skin, sun spots and uneven tone
02 Honey Sun spots
Natural light portrait showing tan skin with visible texture and uneven tone
03 Bronze Texture
Natural light portrait showing deep skin with visible texture and pigment
05 Mahogany
Close crop showing skin texture and pigment across a jaw, neck and shoulder
05 Mahogany Detail
Natural light portrait of a man with deep skin and visible texture
06 Umber

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

The safety story

Two kinds of training sit behind this

Inside the practice

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.

Michelle German, PA-C, aesthetic director at Capital Aesthetic

Michelle German

Physician Assistant and Aesthetic Director PA-C

Michelle is the stand out for me. She clearly loves what she does and it shows. CJ Johnson, patient review
Dr. Jonathan Johnson in his white coat at Capital Aesthetic

Dr. Jonathan Johnson

Founder and Medical Director MD, MBA, CWSP

I came to aesthetics through wound care, the medicine of how skin repairs itself. Board certified physician, wound management and aesthetic medicine

On the record

Not a new position, a published one

Swipe the record

Although once believed to only be safe for light skin types. We at CALC are knowledgeable and trained to treat all skin types.
Laser services Practice copy
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.
Laser hair removal Practice copy
Your expert technician will adjust settings like duration and device cooling for your comfort, a priority for dark complexions.
Laser hair removal Practice copy

The pledge

Four things we will
be held to

  1. 01Your Fitzpatrick classification goes on the record.
  2. 02No result is retouched into a different skin.
  3. 03We will tell you when the answer is no.
  4. 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 202-908-2284 CareCredit accepted