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Steven Wallach, MD answers: What is IPL Laser?

What do the letters mean, and what can IPL do for skin improvement?


Steven Wallach, MD
9 months ago

IPL stands for intense pulsed light. These systems are great to treat ruddy complexions, sun spots, perform hair removal, and to ia small extent improve fine lines and wrinkles.  But its main treatment modalities are for the first 3.

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A: I don't use IPL lasers because the improvement achieved...

George J. Beraka, MD
26 months ago

I don't use IPL lasers because the improvement achieved is - to put it kindly - extremely subtle.

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A: The best candidates for IPL are those patients with...

David Goldberg, MD
27 months ago

The best candidates for IPL are those patients with unwanted red and brown colors in their skin. IPLs do not tighten skin at all.

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A: IPL treatments target colors that don't match your...

Michael Eidelman, MD
27 months ago

IPL treatments target colors that don’t match your natural skin tone and “zap away” extra pigment.

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