If IPL Causes Collagen to Shrink, is New Collagen Built Around It Always Uniform or Can New Collagen Be Uneven?

If ipl causes collagen to shrink, and allow new collagen to be built around it, isn't shrinking collagen a negative for the skin? How can the recovery be uniform? Is that why most people post ipl see uneven texture on the skin, drier skin, and go through fat loss? It's sounds like it's collagen that's not recovering, regardless of age or skin tone.

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1 Doctor Answer | Asked by cveroleyva in Atlanta

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IPL is excellent for skin texture as well as pigmentation and redness

In studies that look at the microscopic changes in the skin after IPL treatment for photorejuvenation find that there is an overall increase in collagen in the skin, the collagen fibers are more neatly arranged (as opposed to disordered and fractured in photodamaged skin) and the activity of cells that make collagen (fibroblasts) is increased. The majority of patients that undergo IPL treatments see an improved and smoother texture of the skin. There is no fat loss with IPL... more

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Dojung 6 Apr 2013

I beg to differ with you doc. I did have fat loss/atrophy as did other women who have posted on this site. Granted it may be because the procedure was done to fast or set to high, but there most definitely was fat loss. This is sold as non-invasive and totally safe, but there have been enough women damaged to say otherwise. One day these will not be on the market, but unfortunately a lot of women will have to be damaged until then.

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