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What Laser Options are Best for Removing Age Spots from Face and Forearms?
I am 50 years old with brown hair, olive green eyes, light to medium olive skin tone. I have numerous small age spots on my face and forearms. I did have IPL about 2 years ago and it was fairly effective at removing the spots and upper lip melasma, but they came back despite regular use of sunscreen and sun avoidance. I would like to have laser treatment to remove age spots again, but I am confused by the various types of lasers being used. Is IPL, Q-switched, or Broadband Light best for removing age spots on face and forearms? Thank you.
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JKS with questions
in Morristown, NJ
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IPL is best
For brown spots and pigments, IPL is the best. Lasers like Q Switch are more for tone problems. After you finished your IPL course two years ago, you should have been advised to come back in for maintenance treatments. This is an important part of any laser treatment plan. You should have an additional IPL session about every 6 months to maintain your results and address any new pigment issues. I would recommend you do at least 3 sessions of IPL again, and then continue to do a treatment at...
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Laser Options for Removing Age Spots
I would recommend an IPL treatment (FotoFacial). This procedure is a non-invasive light based therapy that combine Intensed Pulsed Optical and Radiofrequency Energy treatments that erase skin damage without disrupting the skin surface and subsequently require no downtime. IPL treatments improve skin texture and irregular pigmentation of the face, neck, hands, arms, chest and back, and are often used to soften the texture and color of recent surgical scars. Specifically, pigmented lesions...
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Laser Options for Removing Age Spots from Face and Forearms
Ipl or a light erbium laser treatment are good options. The more important factor is to choose a respected, experienced, and reputable practitioner who can utilized a laser/ipl that is suitable for you or who can combine modalities.
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The Fraxel Restore Dual is a great choice for Freckles and mild resurfacing.
There are a number of options. IPL treatments will remove many of the superficial deeper freckles and areas of sun damaged pigment. Deeper dermal pigment will not respond as well. Melasma may look good for a few weeks to a few months and will then return unless an aggressive skin-care-bleaching and sun-protection maintenance program is continued. Fraxel Restore Dual Laser is very good at removing epidermal Freckles, fine wrinkles and tired sun-damaged skin from the...
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Laser Versus Light Based Therapies For Removing Age Spots
IPL and broadband light, which you mentioned are not the same as laser. Lasers use a single wavelength which achieves very specific objectives. Other light based therapies use many different wavelengths. And this makes the results less targeted and predictable.
Based on your description, I would recommend Fraxel Dual to help remove age spots from your face and forearms. This laser uses the 1550nm and the 1927nm wavelength which is safe for all skin colors. Skin types with higher...
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IPL works well for pigmented lesions
First make sure that your doctor is following you closely for the spots in case there is a suspicious one. For benign lesions, IPL works very well. You should understand that the IPL may remove the melanin but leaves the cells behind. It is not a permanent treatment and in order to maintain the results the treatment is repeated every 6 months to a year. I often combine the treatment with the Erbium YAG laser for resurfacing.
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Facial pigment
Hello, There are a number of ways to effectively treat facial sunspots. First and foremost, you should meet with your physician and outline an easy and effective skin care program which will serve as your background maintenance. If you are not in a hurry to remove your irregular pigmentation, then an individualized skin care regimen which will often include exfoliation, antioxidants, sun protection,and suppression of the pigment forming cells ( hydroquinones). Of course as you...
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