“Do not get an ipl”
IPL: NOT worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
It was really free, yah, because I originally had a micro laser peel in early December 2008. After the procedure (several weeks), I looked like I was ran over by a tire leaving a pattern on my face from the tools used. To make it worse, I am a model and now I am completely insecure about my face and have lost money (work).
So my IPL treatments have been free due to the center destroying my face. It is now June 2009, I have had 7 IPL treatments and if anything, my face is worse. I still have the square patterns on both cheeks, my skin is a lot more oily (I was always normal), with hypopigmentation that looks like scarring. To look somewhat normal, I have to wear tons of makeup. The make up makes me even more insecure knowing I have way too much on.
The nurse keeps saying, "Oh, we just need to do another IPL and make adjustments on the setting." It is painful for the first hour, or it has been several hours when the nurse decides to do each area twice in one setting. I look like a monster for about 6-8 days and I am unable to work during this time of healing. I do not know what to do. I am going back in a few days for another nurse at the office to look at it. I am getting a second opinion and am thinking of a law suit.
Has anyone else had this similar experience? If so, did it ever get better and how? I really think it is permanent and if anything could fix it, it would be a very severe process like grafting which is scary and expensive.
HELP!!!!! My advice, do NOT do it!!!!!!
Jun 8, 2009Comments and replies (9)
2 posts
11 Jun 2009
we look about the same age and i have had ipl facials about 3 or 4 times (i stopped because it didn't seem to make a difference). my experiences were very different then yours, my ipl treatments took about 12 minutes each time for my entire face (obviously there may be different types of ipl). i am very surprised to see your provider is doctor because i can't imagine from my experiences that a doctor or even an aesthetician would recommend further treatments if your skin is responding like this. i wouldn't do another treatment unless you got a credible second or third opinion saying it would help. good luck.
1 post
12 Jun 2009
I have had about 7 IPL treatments in combination with mini Green Peels and had pretty good results (this was 10 years ago). I was contemplating some more IPL treatments soon. However, I did have one incidence where the technician was too aggressive on my temple area and it resulted in hypopigmentation. It has resolved on it's own but it took a bit over a year to heal entirely. It seems like they had the IPL settings much too strong for your skin and it burned it. The discoloration on your skin will take time to heal. The hyperpigmentation is quite severe from what I see in the pic. You can speed the process up by using Obagi Nuderm Skincare line. It's a bit costly but it works and would be cheaper than skin grafting (which I don't think you need). Try to be conservative with your approach rather than being too radical/hasty due to your desperation to "fix" your face. I know it's difficult, and you wanted the issue resolved yesterday. But your skin needs time to heal. I've had the Feather Touch laser done to my nose for a single scar that bugged me and it takes over 6 months for my treated skin to normalize. Good luck!
1 post
13 Jun 2009
Used to have a chin, before IPL--amazingly, my skin started seriously sagging after treatments for rosacea. I would NOT recommend this treatment.
3 posts
15 Jun 2009
I cancelled my appointment after getting legal advice. I found out that the pattern on my face can me common from a micro laser peel simply because people do not know how to do it. Glad I know now :( I have to completely keep my face out of the sun to avoid hyperpigmentation and cannot start the process of fixing it until the Fall. My face has been like this for 7 months, so I think I have been quite patient. Especially when I am a professional model and my face is my career. The pic was taken a few days after an IPL treatment. It does not look that severe now, but that is the pattern on my face still. The IPL treatments were a quick process, a total of maybe 10 minutes to do. I am only 28 years old and for a year of my young adult life, my face is a nightmare. The mistake is that they had the setting too high or too many IPL treatments. I am dark complected and that may have something to do with it as well. Thanks for your comments! I appreciate more:)
unregistered guest
24 Jun 2009
Try to find a place that offers microderm abraison. over a course of treatments it will greatly reduce or remove your damaged tissue. I own a spa and use microderm along with green light therapy and have had incredible results. I also do IPL but was educated never to use it on dark pigmentation of any kind,all of my results have been very good. Good Luck.
465 posts
3 Aug 2009
hoosieraj You need to talk to your doctor about a course of Aldara... It helps scarring but it's not pretty at first... It's an immune modifer that causes your body to attack a typical cells and replace them with healthy ones.... You need to get pics that show how deep the damage is and research PRP portrait rich plasma therapy to help healing from the inside and The Aldara on the surface.... Talk to your Doctor don't wait... find a burn center or wound healing center... If you need more info contact me Those burns look like they are deep and will leave indentions and may cause fat loss... You need to see a specialist in wound healing..I send you a message but in my experience they go to junk mail so check it...
1 post
4 Oct 2009
i hap i.p.l laser done on me face she totaly burned it my skin peeled of now its left me with dark marks all on me face i am fairly brown but me face is in patches anybody had similiar case how do u get rid of the dark marks on face