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Close detail of healthy deep-toned skin under soft clinical light
Room 2 · Nd:YAG 1064 nm · Fitzpatrick V
Aesthetic dermatology · Maitama, Abuja

The skin clinic that reads your skin before it sells you a machine.

Every device we own is chosen because it is safe on Fitzpatrick IV to VI — the skin types almost every laser in this city was never designed for. Take the two-minute assessment and you will see the protocol we would actually put you on, what it costs, and what it will not fix.

Led by
Dr. Halima Bello, consultant dermatologist, FMCP — fellowship in laser surgery for skin of colour
Registered
MDCN-licensed facility · laser safety officer on site for every session
Consult
₦55,000, redeemed in full against any protocol you start within 60 days
Rooms
Four treatment rooms · Monday to Saturday, evening slots to 19:30

See results

Skin assessment Question 1 of 6

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Laser safety for dark skin

A laser that is safe in Stockholm can burn you here.

Melanin absorbs light. That is the whole problem. Devices calibrated for pale European skin read your pigment as the target and deliver the energy into it — which is how a hair-removal session ends in a burn, and how a pigmentation treatment leaves you darker than it found you. The condition even has a name we say too often in this country: post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

So we ask your Fitzpatrick type before we ask your budget, and we bought our equipment in that order too.

Studio portrait of a woman with deep skin tone in warm light
Type IV Olive to light brown

Rarely burns, tans easily. Tolerates more, but still pigments after inflammation — we drop fluence and lengthen intervals.

Type V Brown

The most common type through our doors. Responds beautifully to the right wavelength and punishes the wrong one for months.

Type VI Deep brown to black

Never a candidate for IPL or alexandrite in our rooms. Nd:YAG only, low fluence, and a test patch before every first session.

What we run

Nd:YAG 1064 nm

The long wavelength travels past the melanin in your epidermis and does its work deeper down. It is the only laser platform with a genuine safety record across types V and VI, and it is what we use for hair reduction, pigment toning and vascular work alike.

What we run

Radiofrequency microneedling

Energy is delivered by insulated needles below the surface, so the pigment-bearing layer is never heated. That makes it the one resurfacing option we are comfortable offering on deep skin for scarring and texture.

What we refuse to own

IPL and alexandrite

Broad-spectrum light and 755 nm are excellent tools on pale skin and a genuine hazard on ours. Several clinics in Abuja run them on everybody because one machine is cheaper than two. We would rather send you elsewhere than own one.

What we refuse to own

Anything sold as "skin lightening"

We treat pigment disorders. We do not lighten healthy skin, and a large share of our clinical work is repairing the thinning, telangiectasia and steroid dependence left by creams bought in the open market.

Skin treatment prices, Abuja

Courses, not one-off treatments.

Nothing here works in a single visit, so nothing here is sold as one. Prices below are complete course prices — every session, every review, and the prescription-grade homecare that does half the work between visits. If you finish a course and the agreed endpoint has not moved, the next course is on us.

Pigment Protocol

Melasma · dark patches · uneven tone

Low-fluence Nd:YAG toning every three weeks, layered with prescription azelaic acid and oral tranexamic acid where indicated. Strict daily SPF is not optional — it is the treatment.

6 sessions3-week intervalNo downtime
₦480,000 – ₦780,000Full course

Clearance Protocol

Active acne · post-inflammatory marks

Mandelic and salicylic peels with blue-light LED, stepped up in strength as tolerance builds. We treat the acne first and the marks second — the reverse order is why most people's marks keep coming back.

6 sessions2-week intervalMild flaking
₦320,000 – ₦560,000Full course

Resurface Protocol

Acne scarring · texture · large pores

Insulated RF microneedling at depths mapped to your scar type — rolling, boxcar and ice-pick all want different settings, and treating them identically is why results disappoint.

3–4 sessions4-week interval48 hrs downtime
₦650,000 – ₦1,150,000Full course

Lift Protocol

Laxity · jawline · fine lines

Microfocused ultrasound to the SMAS layer, with RF to the surface at week six. Collagen remodels slowly; the honest photograph is taken at day 90, not day 7.

1–2 sessionsReview at 90 daysNo downtime
₦900,000 – ₦1,600,000Full course

Barrier Repair Protocol

Damage from lightening creams

Supervised steroid withdrawal, barrier rebuilding and absolutely no energy device for the first twelve weeks. It is the least glamorous thing we do and the one we are most often thanked for.

12–16 weeksMonthly reviewNo device
₦240,000 – ₦420,000Full programme

Hair Reduction Protocol

Face · underarm · bikini · legs · beard shaping

Nd:YAG 1064 nm only, with a test patch two weeks before session one. Slower than the alexandrite everyone advertises, and the reason our patients still have even skin tone afterwards.

6–8 sessions6-week intervalTest patch first
₦280,000 – ₦640,000By area, full course
Who we decline to treat

The things we will turn you away for.

A clinic that says yes to everything is telling you something. Roughly one consultation in six ends with us declining to treat — and we would rather you read that here than discover it after paying.

Declined Skin lightening of healthy skin

We will treat melasma, PIH and pigment disorders. We will not make even, healthy skin lighter, at any price, and asking will end the consultation politely.

Declined Laser within four weeks of a lightening cream

Hydroquinone and unlabelled steroid creams thin the skin and change how it absorbs energy. We wait, and we check, before any device touches you.

Deferred Injectables during pregnancy or breastfeeding

Peels and most of our device work are also paused. We will keep your file open and pick it up when you are ready.

Deferred Active infection, keloid history or isotretinoin in the last six months

Each of these changes how skin heals. Keloid-prone patients get a very different plan from us, or none at all — that conversation happens at consult, not mid-course.

Redirected Anything that is actually a medical dermatology problem

Suspicious lesions, severe eczema and autoimmune presentations belong with a hospital dermatology service. Dr. Bello will write the referral herself.

Redirected Results promised before a wedding in three weeks

Collagen does not read calendars. If your date does not fit the biology we will tell you so, and we will not take the money.

The clinic in Maitama

Four rooms, one door, no waiting-room audience.

Appointments are spaced so you do not meet the patient before you. Every laser session is run with a trained safety officer in the room, eyewear on both sides of the handpiece, and settings recorded on your file so session six is a deliberate step up from session one rather than a guess.

Clinician performing a facial treatment on a patient under a magnifying lamp
Room 2 · Nd:YAG toning, session in progress
Clinician reviewing skin imaging with a patient on a tablet
Consult · imaging reviewed with you, not at you
A clean, softly lit treatment room with equipment and a treatment couch
Room 4 · RF microneedling and peels
Skin treatment results

Three case files, and how we measure them.

Anonymised, and chosen because they are typical rather than spectacular. Every course is measured against the endpoint agreed at consult, not against a flattering photograph.

Melasma · Fitzpatrick V
Pigment Protocol · 6 sessions

Patches across both cheeks for four years, darkened by IPL at another clinic. Low-fluence Nd:YAG every three weeks with tranexamic acid. MASI 18 at consult, 7 at session six, holding at the 90-day review.

Acne and marks · Fitzpatrick VI
Clearance Protocol · 6 sessions

More than thirty active lesions and a year of dark marks. The acne was treated first and the marks left alone until it was quiet. Fewer than five active lesions by session five; the marks moved on to the Pigment Protocol.

Damage from lightening creams
Barrier Repair · 14 weeks

Thinned skin, visible vessels and a steroid cream that could not be stopped without flaring. Supervised withdrawal and no device for twelve weeks. Steroid-free at week eight; the barrier held at the 14-week review.

How every file is measured
Every course, no exceptions

Standardised photographs in the same room and light, a MASI score or lesion count where it applies, and the endpoint written down at consult. If it has not moved, the next course is on us.

Skin clinic FAQs

What people ask before they book a consult.

Answered here, so the forty minutes of your consult go on your skin rather than on the logistics.

Is laser hair removal safe on dark skin?

On the right laser, yes. We use Nd:YAG 1064 nm only, with a test patch two weeks before session one. We never use IPL or alexandrite on skin types IV to VI.

What does a consultation cost?

₦55,000 for forty minutes, with imaging and a written protocol. It is redeemed in full against any course you start within 60 days.

How many sessions will I need?

Nothing here works in a single visit, so every price on this page is for a complete course: every session, every review and the homecare.

What if it does not work?

If you finish a course and the endpoint we agreed at consult has not moved, the next course is on us.

Can you lighten my skin?

No. We treat pigment disorders such as melasma and PIH. We will not lighten healthy skin at any price.

Is there downtime?

Most protocols have none. RF microneedling needs about 48 hours, and peels can leave mild flaking for a few days.

When are you open?

Monday to Friday 09:00–19:30 and Saturday 10:00–16:00, at 14 Gana Street, Maitama, with gated off-street parking.

Dermatologists & aestheticians

Four clinicians. No rotating contractors.

The person who assesses you at consult is the person holding the handpiece at session one, and they are still here at session six. In aesthetics that is rarer than it should be.

Dr. Halima Bello
Consultant dermatologist · clinical lead

FMCP, with a laser surgery fellowship focused on skin of colour. Sets every device parameter used in these rooms and reviews every file before a course closes. Sees consults Tuesday and Thursday.

Dr. Femi Adeoye
Aesthetic physician

Injectables and the Lift Protocol. Trained in Lagos and Seoul; known in the clinic for talking more people out of filler than into it, which is exactly why he was hired.

Chidinma Okafor
Lead aesthetician · CIDESCO

Runs the Clearance and Barrier Repair programmes. Eleven years on Nigerian skin and a very low tolerance for a routine with nine steps in it.

Grace Umoh
Laser safety officer

Present for every device session without exception. Keeps the parameter log, runs the test patches, and has the authority to stop a treatment that anyone else has cleared.

Book a skin consultation

Come in with a question, leave with a plan and a number.

A consult runs forty minutes. You get imaging, a Fitzpatrick assessment, a written protocol with a real price, and an honest answer about what will not work. ₦55,000, taken off your first course if you start within sixty days — and no pressure to start one at all.

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WhatsApp0803 220 4417 Reception0803 220 4417 Emailconsults@iturarooms.ng
Address14 Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja
Mon – Fri09:00 – 19:30
Saturday10:00 – 16:00
SundayClosed
ParkingOff-street, gated
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