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If you have a fair complexion, you can have both treatments on the same day. Make sure your treatments are with an experienced physician who can monitor the effects of your treatments.
The Cutera system is made to have both treatments done the same day. As said before, if you are of darker skin tone, then you might want to stagger the treatment to avoid any complications. Good Luck!
In the appropriate patient, we can perform IPL and Laser Genesis on the same day. In certain patients, usually with darker complexion, SkinType 3 or 4, we stagger treatments. Each individual is assessed to determine their tolerance to same day, combined treatments.
We do IPL and Laser Genesis on the same day all the time for our patients. Usually it's better to do the Laser Genesis after because it's more superficial and addresses reds. But absolutely, you can do them the same day.
The dark spots could be areas of pigment that you had. The coffee grounds can take a day or two to develop. If all of your dark spots are the same size and rectangular, you may have bruising from the treatment. Wash gently, use a moisturizer and sun protection, and return to...
IPL addresses reds and browns in the skin, helping to even out skin tone and discoloration. It will not re-pigment the skin at all. The skin surrounding your lighter mouth area, will hopefully get lighter and more even toned; thus, making your mouth area not look aggressively lighter than the...
Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong...
The hair removal IPL will target the hair follicles. It won't penetrate deep enough to affect or cause pain or problems with any metal in your body, like legs, arms, or even metal plates in chest. You are good to go!
I would suggest you see a specialist for a full evaluation and treatment of your possible vasculitis. There are various reasons (primary) and (secondary) for vasculitis, and many can be serious. Vasculitis occurs when your body attacks your blood vessels. It's not always clear why this...
It is important to avoid treating a mole during IPL hair removal because when the clinical studies were done, and I did the original ones in the 1990s, this was part of the protocol and thus became part of the product label or description. We don’t treat over moles routinely, but in reality we a...
