IPL treatments during pregnancy should be avoided

In my opinion, the IPL treatments should be avoided due to the increase in surging hormones in your body. While it is unlikely there would be any direct harm to the developing child, your melanocytes or pigment producing cells in your skin can react unexpectedly to trauma and hyperpigment or you may get additional broken blood vessels. For this reason, I caution my pregnant patients to wait until the end of pregnancy before beginning treatment. However, when breastfeeding, there probably is no harm in starting your treatments.