Is There One Laser Treatment to Treat Multiple Skin Problems?

One laser (or IPL) alone ok to remove 3 different things? Can one laser (or IPL) alone cover: age spots, spider veins and wrinkles on hands? Or it's a different laser for each thing?

Asked 44 months ago by Rosedala in NYC
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Single laser for skin problems

This is a very good but complicated question. First of all, IPLs and Class IV medical lasers are very different from each other. Although IPLs (intense pulses of light) can perform many different treatments, we believe that lasers are far superior in accomplishing long-term results. Lasers work by having a target (water, hemoglobin, pigment/melanin) that they seek, which is determined by their wavelength. This makes lasers very specific, efficient, and precise. IPLs, on the other hand,... more
Harold J. Kaplan, MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon
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