Orange County IPL doctors

Hello.  This is very disheartening to hear of your experience.  The marks should go away (with time and possible intervention), but the person you are speaking with about the situation is drastically underestimating the severity of it.  You need to keep to keep the area covered from sunlight and well moisturized while it is recovering.  If the person that treated you is not a physician, please ask to be evaluated by the Medical Director if this has not already been offered to you.

We would not recommend any more laser treatments with this practice as what you are seeing is highly unusual and considered an adverse outcome.  This type of side effect is exactly the reason why we are outspoken about the risks of using IPL treatments vs. medical lasers. 

In addition, your skin type and ethnicity makes IPL treatments even more of a concern.  One should not have to trade safety for efficacy or vice versa.  In our opinion, and with years of practice, we believe class IV medical lasers offer a safer, more predictable outcome for hair removal for all skin types.  Of course, the knowledge and experience of the one administering the treatment (whether IPL or laser) is of utmost importance.

With almost all Asians we use a Lumenis Lightsheer laser for hair removal. 

1-2 weeks following surgery is a perfectly acceptable amount of time to wait before having a photofacial. Good luck!

Hi SS.  Are you stating that your hair is falling out in an area that is separate from the treatment area?  An IPL treatment would only cause you to lose hair if you were being treated in that area for laser hair removal.  You would not lose hair in a separate area because of the IPL.

By the way, the person doing your treatments should not be blistering you during the treatment.  You should find another practitioner as this is not the desired outcome.