IPL Before or After Erbium Laser Treatment for Wrinkles?

When you get the superficial wrinkles burned off with the erbium laser , then the broken capillaries under the skin surface become more apparent so that is the time to get the IPL to get rid of the broken capillaries.

IPL works in several ways. It can be used to treat red or brown discoloration of the face. It can also be used for for skin tightening. All these cause some heating of collagen in the dermis and both contraction of existing collagen and deposition of new dermal collagen. So all IPL treatments improve skin texture. However IPL does not disturb the surface of the skin, whereas erbium laser treatments (ablative or fractional) do vaporize a portion of the... more

I would recommend that after treating a wrinkle with an erbium yag laser you may consider IPl for any redness afeterwards.  In general, the IPL is not very good for wrinkles and so would be used to treat reds or browns.  That being said using a skin tightening device that is nonablative may help some but should not be considered equal to or a replacement for erbium yag laser resurfacing procedures for wrinkles. This is the gold standard .