How Much Does Aerolase Cost?

At Revive Beauty Bar in Salinas, a single full-face Aerolase Neo Elite session is $500. A Signature Series of 3 is $1,350 — $450 a session. A Signature Series of 5 is $1,800, which works out to $360 a session. After you finish a series, maintenance sessions are $400–$450 at the established-patient rate.

That is the whole ladder. There is no consultation fee to find out where you sit on it.

The published price ladder

The same ladder applies to acne, pigment, redness, rejuvenation and selected facial scar plans. Larger body scars and extensive post-surgical scars are quoted from a consultation rather than forced into the facial package price.

The reason the per-session number falls so steeply is not a volume discount dressed up as clinical advice. It is that Aerolase is a course of treatment, and pricing a course as five separate single sessions would overstate what most people actually book.

Why the series lengths are 3 and 5

The two published clinical courses for this laser happen to be exactly those lengths, which is worth knowing before you decide the packages are arbitrary.

In the 2024 Journal of Drugs in Dermatology study by Saedi, Griffin and Kelly, 23 subjects received five treatments at two-week intervals with the 650-microsecond 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser. Median lesion-count reduction was 48.15% after the first treatment, 83.72% by treatment three, and 86.67% at the 90-day follow-up.

A larger retrospective review published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology in 2024 looked at 225 patients aged 14 to 61 with mild to severe facial acne and found they needed a median of three treatments to reach clearance, with 48% achieving complete clearance.

So the Series of 3 and the Series of 5 map onto the two courses that have actually been written up. They are still a commercial framework rather than a fixed medical protocol — your own plan is individualized at the consultation, and some people are told they need fewer sessions than they expected to buy.

Both studies are small or retrospective, and the retrospective one was co-authored by a consultant to the device manufacturer. Those figures describe reduction in lesion counts under study conditions. They are not a promise about your face.

What changes the number

Four things move the total, and only the first is on the price list:

How many sessions you commit to. The gap between five single sessions ($2,500) and a Series of 5 ($1,800) is $700. If you are reasonably sure you want a course, buying it as a course is the single biggest lever you have.

What you are treating. Acne, melasma, redness and general rejuvenation all sit on the same ladder. Extensive scarring on the body does not, and is quoted separately.

Whether you need maintenance. This is the part most cost comparisons leave out. Aerolase does not permanently cure acne, melasma, rosacea or pigmentation, and nothing on this site will tell you otherwise. Ongoing drivers — hormones, sun exposure, genetics — do not switch off because you finished a series. Budgeting $400–$450 a few times a year afterwards is a more honest plan than treating the series price as a one-time purchase.

How you pay. Revive accepts cash and credit cards, and offers financing through Care Credit and Cherry Finance. Payment options are discussed at the consultation.

Is Aerolase worth it?

That depends on what you are comparing it to, and the honest answer for some people is no.

It is more likely to be worth it if you have inflammatory acne, melasma, persistent redness or pigment that has not responded to a reasonable course of topical or prescription care; you have a deeper skin tone and have been turned away from other devices, since this laser is designed for Fitzpatrick I–VI; and you can realistically finish a series over six to ten weeks.

It is less likely to be worth it if you have not yet tried straightforward topical or prescription treatment — that is usually cheaper and should come first, and a laser is not a substitute for dermatologic care; if your main concern is deep wrinkles or significant skin laxity, which this is not the right tool for on its own; or if you are going to book one session, judge it, and stop. One session produced a median 48% lesion reduction in the study above. That is real, and it is also less than half of what three sessions produced.

The most expensive version of Aerolase is the one you abandon a third of the way through.

What the price includes

A session is a full-face treatment with the Aerolase Neo Elite, a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser using 650-microsecond pulse technology across 30+ FDA-cleared indications, designed for Fitzpatrick I–VI. No topical anaesthetic is needed — the study protocol above was run without it.

Aerolase is generally positioned as low social downtime rather than no downtime. Temporary redness, warmth or other treatment-specific reactions can occur, and what you experience is individual.

What to do next

The consultation is free and it is the only way to get a number that applies to you rather than to the average of a study. Bring what you have already tried, including prescriptions, and be straightforward about what you can commit to — a well-matched Series of 3 beats a Series of 5 you stop attending.

If you want the evidence before the price, our read of the clinical data goes through the studies and their limitations in detail, and how many treatments you actually need covers what happens session by session. The Aerolase Neo Elite hub lists every condition the device is used for here.

Angelica Alcaraz, BSN, RN, will assess your specific needs during your consultation.

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