H2 Laser & Skin

H2 Laser & Skin was founded in 2011 by Hetal Patel, who still owns and runs the clinic. It sits in South Charlotte and draws patients from nearby towns such as Tega Cay, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, and Indian Land. According to the business, some patients travel more than 100 miles to visit.

Laser hair removal is offered with the LightSheer Duet and is priced in packages of three treatments for small, medium, or large areas. The small package covers areas such as the lip, chin, cheeks, sideburns, forehead, unibrow, and ears. The medium package covers underarms, the front or back of the neck, the bikini line, the happy trail or belly button, hands, and feet. The large package covers shoulders, a full bikini, or partial arms. The clinic uses a smaller head for small areas and a larger high-speed head for bigger ones, and the site notes a full back can be treated in about 20 minutes. No topical anesthetic or gel is used. Sessions are spaced about six weeks apart, a typical course runs five to eight sessions, and periodic maintenance treatments every six to twelve months may be recommended afterward. Before treatment, clients are asked to avoid sun and tanning for six weeks beforehand and four weeks after, skip tweezing, waxing, or threading right before, stop bleaching two to three days ahead, and arrive with the treatment areas shaved and free of lotion, oils, perfume, deodorant, and makeup. Skin that has recently been tanned cannot be treated.

Beyond hair removal, the clinic offers Clear + Brilliant Permea fractional laser resurfacing as a series of treatments, which the business says is safe for all skin types with minimal downtime. The site describes a typical recovery as pinkness on the first two days, roughness on days two and three, and smoothing by days four to six. Microneedling is performed with the MicroPen EVO system and is customized to each client's concerns. Alma TED is a needle-free hair restoration treatment that uses acoustic soundwaves to support hair growth, with no needles, no topical anesthetic, and no post-treatment shedding, according to the site.

Dr. Newby-Boyd serves as medical director. Dr. Newby-Boyd holds board certification in anesthesiology and has more than two decades in medicine, eight of those years in aesthetic work, with a particular focus on treating melanated skin. According to the clinic, its treatments are designed for skin types ranging from Fitzpatrick I to Fitzpatrick VI. Pricing is built around packages, and the business states there are no pay-per-session upsells and no locked-in commitments. A free 15-minute phone consultation is offered with no obligation to book. The business's own figures report more than 10,000 treatments performed and a 98% client satisfaction rate. It also reports a BBB accreditation with an A+ rating and Google reviews averaging 5.0 across more than 47 reviews. These figures come from the business itself.

Care is hands-on and delivered by the founder, with no rotating staff and no franchise locations. Treatment plans are built around current technology and natural-looking results, with a focus on long-term relationships with clients.