IPL Treatment Series and Maintanance?

Most patients start with a series of 3-5 treatments for improvement of sun damage (red and brown discoloration).  Maintenance protocols would vary by how much new damage you get and how quickly.  If you have a good home care regimen with corrective benefits (like the TNS Essential Serum), you are diligent about sunscreen use and sun avoidance you can spread out follow up treatments for quite some time.  (One treatment every 6 months is not unreasonable)  If you do your... more

Intense Pulsed Light ( IPL) is a wonderful tool that can help reduce the reds and browns we have in our skin. In fact, it is the only device or treatment we have that will treat both. If you undergo a series of treatments ( around 5) there have been a few good studies that show that you can maintain this result for several years if you maintain a good skin care program including a daily sunblock. Reds typically need 2-4 maintenance treatments over the year. If you live in a "sun"... more

Usually it takes 3-5 treatments with IPL to improve the brown and red spots that are part of sun damage.  How much maintenance and how often depends on what happens after your IPL treatment series. If you are great about using sunscreen and staying out of the sun, the results will last much longer than if there is continue sun exposure. One of the benefits of IPL, in addition to treating the red and brown discolorations, is that the deeper heating of the dermal collagen, helps... more