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DO NOT Get an IPL - Evansville, IN

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It was really free, yah, because I originally had...

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hoosierajJune 9, 2009
$1,400

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!!!!!!

hoosieraj's provider

Dr. Manley @ DeJa Vu

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alyssek
June 12, 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.
Gitterdunn
June 13, 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!
missecho
June 13, 2009
Used to have a chin, before IPL--amazingly, my skin started seriously sagging after treatments for rosacea. I would NOT recommend this treatment.
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hoosieraj
June 15, 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:)
xcvbvcvb
October 1, 2010

the only thing that could help now to diminish the hipopigmentation is a 50% AHA peeling, the inconvenient is that you will have a downtime about 2 weeks for each treatment, and looking your skin (lighter than IV types) you won't have problems of Hiperpigmentation with peelings. One treatment for month and i 6 months you will have successfully removed hipopigmentation. (avoiding sun is extremely imperative). I recomend a glicolic acid with Citric acid (prevents hiperpigmentation),so recovery will be faster.(no more than 45-50%) Source: Experience, i had laser burns in legs, and i solved this issue in about a year of treatment. By the way, if you consider to do this, you can forget to have a sun tan (in face) in about 2 years, to prevent hiperpigmentation and extremely dry skin. By peelings you force to rapidly heal the skin, and you need to give all the necessary nutrients, so you will need to take vitamin E, and i recomend a vaseline product with copper peptides for fast regeneration after peelings (ask to dermatologyst) Regards. I hope this help , I really understand your pain.

(unregistered guest)
June 24, 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.
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