IPL: Q&A
Ask a QuestionCan I Get Targeted Treatment for the One Brown Age Spot Under my Eye or Do I Have to Do my Entire Face Which is Clear?
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9510anon
in new jersey
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Depending upon the office that you go to, there should be no problem if you want one specific spot treated versus having the entire face treated with IPL.
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Target Spots
You can absolutely target one specific spot. So what should you do if you have brown spots? First, prevention! Keep your skin healthy and protected with a good sunscreen. Second, treat the spots. Age spots can be lightened or even removed with special in-office treatments. I have also developed topical skin care products which you can use at home to help reduce the appearance of brown spots. I’ve developed a special regimen for brown spots using these products specifically for...
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IPL to only one spot
It depends on the office, as well as what the "brown age spot" actually is. Sometimes it's best to treat specific spots with liquid nitrogen to literally freeze the tiny spots off in a treatment or two. This is best done for pre-cancerous spots like AKs, as well as some SKs. If it's more of just a pigment irregularity, you can treat a specific area of concern with an IPL rather than a full face treatment. It's often called "flashes" or "pulses" in the industry. We do a lot of both types of...
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IPL (intense pulsed light) photofacial treatments for facial brown spots can be for many spots or just one.
9510anon,
Some doctors do or are able to use IPL devices to treat single spots, and others don't, or aren't able to. You will have to ask your own dermatologist or plastic surgeon if he or she is able to do single spot treatment, and what the costs and number of visits would be for that, vs. full face treatment. IPL works very well in the right situations to help draw pigment out from underneath the top layer of the skin to even out skin color and leave a nice clean "palette". It also...
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Alexandrite laser is perfect for treating individual brown spots.
The Alexandrite laser works very well for treating specific brown spots. After the treatment you can expect the brown spots to turn a little darker. Depending on the location, the brown spot will flake off over a 1-3 week period. Most often only one treatment is needed but occassionally a second treatment may be required.
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But, this also comes down to how close the spot is to the eye and whether your spot is raised or is underneath the skin. You really don't want to treat anywhere within 1cm of the eye with a laser modality that deeply penetrates the skin as the laser energy can be harmful to it. So, again this depends if the age spot is raised or is freckle-like. If it is raised, then the distance from the eye doesn't matter as it will be treated by an ablative laser, which does not penetrate deep into the skin. A freckle requires deeper penetration to be treated and I wouldn't recommend using a laser to treat it very close to the eye.
Other thoughts on it - If it is a larger pigmented lesion then I would say to only have them treat that area. If it is a smaller lesion, let's say in the average size of a freckle range then I may suggest having that combined with another laser treatment for cost purposes. You could easily combine that with facial rejuvenation as long as they are working with an Nd:YAG 1064 laser, which will allow both of these procedures to be done simultaneously. Also, this will depend who you're treating with. If it is a family practitioner or other clinician that you are familiar with they may cut you a break if it is a very small sun spot.