What is IPL Laser?

IPL stands for "Intense Pulsed Light". The are not lasers. Without getting into too much laser physics, lasers use one specific type of light and IPL devices use many. For this reason, IPL machines are marketed to be able to do a bit of everything, sun spots, facial redness,... more

We use the Fotofacial-RF as our IPL treatment. IPL stands for Intense Pulse Light. IPL-RF is Intense Pulse Light with Radio Frequency. I have found that this gives a far superior result than the stand alone IPL treatments. We have had many patients who have been elsewhere and were treated with just IPL, and... more

IPL or intense pulsed light treatments is effective for improving facial telangectasia (broken blood vessels) and diffuse brown spots especially on the face and neck and to a lesser extent on the hands and lower extremities with caution. It is also useful for hair removal in fair skinned individuals. The main... more

IPL stands for Intense Pulse Light.  It is a treatment that is designed to pull unwanted pigment such as sun damage out of the skin.  It also does very well with vascular conditions of the skin.   The light treatment identifies the pigmentation or vascular lessions as unwanted color on the... more

Intense Pulse Light or ipl is a type of light treatment where light is concentrated in certain wavelengths to improve the way the skin appears.  As you age you accummulate dark spots and red spots and this can detract away from the appearance of your face.  IPL is a great way of reducing the... more

IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light.  It basically lets you know that this is light based treatments and not a true laser.  One of the best IPL's on the market is the Sciton BBL as it has one of the broadest ranges of light and most power to achieve great results in less treatments.  The... more

IPL stands for intense pulsed light. These systems are great to treat ruddy complexions, sun spots, perform hair removal, and to ia small extent improve fine lines and wrinkles.  But its main treatment modalities are for the first 3.

Intense Pulsed Light combines light and heat energies to significantly improve complexion flaws and also to remove unwanted hair. Pulses of these combined energies are applied to the skin by a hand-piece, delivering treatment at different depths within the skin with minimal discomfort and recovery time or... more

The primary goal of IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) is to make the skin tone or color more even. One of the signs of aging is irregular brown and sometimes red discoloration of the skin. These changes (called dyschromias) are due to sun damage, and are the usual reason women begin to wear foundation type makeup... more

IPL, or intense pulse light, is a technology similar to laser. Instead of a single wavelength of light as with a laser, IPL uses a bright light in front of which filters are placed which filter out most wavelengths except those taken up by pigment and blood vessels, depending on the filter used. The light... more