Sereno Skin & Laser
(505) 219-4870 Book

Nob Hill, Albuquerque

Skin care for a city a mile above sea level.

The treatment room at Sereno, with linen curtains, a wood bench and afternoon light across a plaster wall.
Our Central Avenue treatment room. Rooms are kept quiet and cool, and every session runs to a booked time rather than a queue.

Sereno is a small medical spa on Central Avenue. We work slowly, we start every course of treatment with a consultation, and we tell you plainly when a treatment is not right for your skin.

Book a consultation See the treatment menu

Consultation firstNothing is booked as a treatment until we have looked at your skin and talked through it.

Medical oversightProtocols are set and reviewed by our medical director, and providers are licensed in New Mexico.

Patch testingEnergy and peel treatments start with a test spot on a small area, then a wait before the full session.

The menu

Six treatments, done carefully.

Prices start where they start, and the honest figure depends on the area treated and how many sessions your skin actually needs. We quote the whole course at consultation, in writing, before you book anything.

Treatment menu

Injectables

from $12 a unit

Neuromodulators for expression lines and hyaluronic acid fillers for volume. We map the area with you first and start conservative, because it is easy to add at a two week follow up and slow to undo. Filler is quoted by the syringe, from $650.

SessionsOne appointment, then a complimentary review two weeks later. Neuromodulator effects are temporary and most people return around the three to four month mark.

Laser resurfacing

from $650 a session

Fractional resurfacing for texture, scarring and sun damaged skin. Settings are chosen for your skin type, not a house default, and darker skin tones are treated more conservatively with longer intervals. Expect real downtime: redness and flaking for several days.

SessionsUsually a series of two to three, spaced six to eight weeks apart. We do not book resurfacing in the weeks before a wedding or a beach trip.

IPL for sun damage

from $325 a session

Intense pulsed light for the brown spots, freckling and diffuse redness that come with years of high desert sun. This is the treatment Albuquerque asks for most. It is not appropriate for every skin type or for recently tanned skin, and we will say so at consultation rather than at the door.

SessionsCommonly three to four sessions, four weeks apart, with a maintenance session once or twice a year. Spots often darken before they lift.

Microneedling

from $300 a session

Controlled micro injury to prompt the skin to remodel, used for texture, pores and acne scarring. Gentler on pigment prone skin than most energy devices, which matters here, so it is often where we start with melasma prone patients.

SessionsA course of three to six, four weeks apart. Redness for a day or two, and no gym or sauna for 24 hours afterwards.

HydraFacial

from $175

Cleansing, gentle exfoliation, extraction and a hydrating serum in one 45 minute appointment. No downtime, which makes it the sensible first visit if you are new to any of this, and a genuinely useful maintenance treatment in a climate this dry.

SessionsStandalone whenever you like. Monthly suits most skin, and we will tell you if fortnightly is doing nothing for you.

Chemical peels

from $150

Light to medium depth peels for dullness, uneven tone and congestion, chosen by concentration rather than brand name. We patch test first, build strength across a course, and pull the strength back the moment your barrier looks unhappy.

SessionsThree to six, two to four weeks apart. Peeling for two to five days depending on depth, and strict sun avoidance in between.

A note on outcomes

Skin is individual. Nobody can promise you a particular result, and we will not try. What we will do is tell you what a treatment is designed to address, what it will not fix, how long the course realistically takes, and what it costs before you commit. If a treatment is not suitable, we will say so and suggest what is.

Our approach

Trust is built slowly, in small rooms.

There is no membership to join and nothing to sign on your first visit. A consultation is a conversation about your skin, and you are welcome to leave with a plan and book it later, or not at all.

Medical oversight

Treatment protocols are written and reviewed by our medical director, who is available for consultation on complex cases. Providers hold current New Mexico licences and device specific training.

Consultation before treatment

Every new patient is seen, photographed under standard lighting for our clinical file, and given a written plan. Medication and health history matters here, especially anything that changes how skin responds to light.

Patch testing and aftercare

Laser, IPL and peel courses begin with a test area and a waiting period. You leave with written aftercare, a follow up appointment, and a frank conversation about sun protection between sessions.

A quiet consultation room with two chairs, a plaster wall and a window facing the Sandia foothills.
The consultation room. This is where every course of treatment starts.
A laser handpiece and calibration card resting on folded white linen beside a treatment chair.
Devices are calibrated and logged before each clinic day.
Shelves of unbranded skincare bottles and mineral sunscreen tubes against a warm adobe coloured wall.
Aftercare and mineral sunscreen, chosen for a climate this dry.
They talked me out of the treatment I came in asking for and put me on something cheaper. I have been going back for two years.
Marisol, Ridgecrest
I had a patch test, a phone call, and then the actual appointment. Nobody has ever been that careful with my skin before.
Dana, North Valley
Quiet room, no upsell, and they wrote the whole plan down with the price on it before I paid anything.
Ellis, Corrales

Where we are

Nob Hill, and the particular problem of living at 5,300 feet.

Albuquerque sits roughly a mile above sea level, and ultraviolet intensity climbs with elevation. That is why the concerns that walk through our door are so consistent: sun spots, melasma, uneven tone and the fine textural damage that comes from decades of strong light. Pigment correction is the thing we do most, and the thing we are most careful about.

The dry air is the other half of it. On a spring afternoon here the humidity can drop into single digits, which is hard on a compromised skin barrier and harder still on skin that has just been treated. So barrier repair and hydration are not an upsell at Sereno, they are part of the plan.

And the part nobody enjoys hearing: sun protection between sessions genuinely decides whether pigment work holds. Treating sun damage in this city without daily protection is paying to repeat yourself. We would rather say that at consultation than after your third IPL.

Address

3400 Central Avenue SE, Suite 4
Albuquerque, NM 87106

Nob Hill, between Carlisle and Girard. Free lot behind the building off Silver Avenue.

Hours

Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 6pm
Saturday, 9am to 3pm
Closed Sunday and Monday

Phone

(505) 219-4870

Voicemail is checked twice a day and returned the same business day.

Email

hello@serenoskinlaser.com

Please do not send health details by email.

Patients travel to us from

  • Nob Hill
  • Ridgecrest
  • The University area
  • Downtown
  • North Valley
  • Los Ranchos
  • Corrales
  • Rio Rancho
  • South Valley
  • Four Hills
  • Tramway
  • Paseo del Norte
  • Ladera
Late afternoon light on a stucco storefront along Central Avenue in Nob Hill, with a neon sign unlit and the Sandia mountains behind.
Central Avenue in Nob Hill. We are a few doors east of the old theatre, on the south side.

Book

Start with a consultation.

Consultations run about 30 minutes and cost $50, credited in full against your first treatment. You will leave with a written plan and a price, whether or not you book that day.

Tell us as much or as little as you like below. If you would rather talk it through, call (505) 219-4870 during clinic hours.

Concerns, past treatments, or questions. Please keep it general, this form is not a secure channel for health records.
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