“IPL Can Seriously Burn You.”

What a terrible thing to have happened! I wanted to tell you that when I was younger, someone burned my back with a cigarette. I put pure vitamin E on it as well as coca butter lotion. It finally scabbed over. i did not pick at it, and when it finally fell off, the skin was pink, but it was clear that it was going to be normal again. It completly went away and there is no scar at all. Try this out, and I would bet money that you are able to completly get rid of your burns! I am so sorry! Hope you get much better soon!

I am so sorry to hear of your terrible experience. I have had really good luck with fading of hyper-pigmentation with Obagi. It could help with healing and taking away any scars or future spots. Good luck and thank you for sharing.

Hi christina chico. I also am dark complected and got burned and have dark stripes on my chin. Has your discoloration started to fade yet? Please email me and let me know how you are doing. I had my ipl 3 weeks ago and I'm worried I will have permenant hyperpigmentation from burn. update 4/24/09 I went to Aesthetic specialist. I am doing Nu Derm Obagi which I am getting fantastic results. I believe it kept my skin from hyperpigmentation problems. I am half Italian and half English/Irish, so I have a real strange combinations of colors in my skin. I also bought some Nia24 strengthening cream and the sunscreen. I am please with my results. I had a hispanic medical doctor do my IPL. I figured she'd be familiar/expert with fitzpatrick skins 3-4 as she said she did her mother and she also had fraxels done on her face. Well, lesson learned. If you have a medium complexion, I would look for a different alternative to fixing hyperpigmentation problems. IPL work really, really well on freckles, but IPL is like flipping a coin. Some get good results, some end up with a nightmare.

just because he is a plastic surgeon doesnt make him better look for someone who has gone to the NLI in scottsdale AZ. That is the only real laser training school and look for someone that has polomer starlite 500 or 300 IPL they are the safest ones out and if you are a fitzpatrick 5or6 you can not have IPL I hope this will help you

I am so sorry this woman had such tramatic experience. Clearly, everyone reacts differently. I think it must have to do with the operator and machine as my brother had 3 treatments (in LA) and his pictures look perfect and he had no problem. I had one treatment on my hands for brown spots and there is a lot of improvement but not 100% gone. I don't know the machine and think it should have been better for the $500 cost and was never told it would take more treatments. I'm considering a series of 5 (can do face, chest, neck, whatever) for $1200 and they have the Polymar machine and it is with a MD I've seen advertised on Dr. Oz commercials.

You wouldn't believe the welts all over my face. I look like I have been BEATEN UP and have purple stripes across my cheeks. This is just horrible. I am not sure how to post a picture but I do have 2 pictures I could post. I am just devastated.

Hi there, Thanks for your reply. A few of mine have began to fall off now and it appears there is also discolouration beneath. However i have been using Bio Oil and 99% Aloe Vera extract upto 5 times per day with plenty of sunblock where applicable. With these measures and a natural skin peel I have been assured things will return to normal by an independent advisor. I will keep you informed and let you know if this works over the prescribed 6 month course. I think you are pretty none the less and hope the above can help. I too would not recommend this procedure to anyone else and hope some kind of regulation enters the industry!

I don't know how long it has been since your procedure, but I had a series of IPL years ago. The technician burnt the side of my chin (about a three inch mark). It looked horrible at first, but it did completely go away in six to nine months. There is still a very good chance that this is not a permanent condition for you. I hope that's the case. I had regular glycolic peels to help speed up the process, as well as bleaching cream from my dermatologist. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm going to have a new set of IPL started this week. This time I will only go where the dermatologist/dermatologic surgeon administers the IPL him or herself. I know from personal experience that my last IPL burn was due to the technician's absolute lack of experience and caution.

hey did ur marks fell off by nw?plzz let me knw

Yes they all are gone now but I have 1 new dark spot (looks like an age spot on the middle of my left cheek and have been treating it will obagi fading cream and more recently a similar product with more whitening).

hey dear did u spots gone now ?

ok how it u manange them 2 fade away n how long did they tuk to fade away completely plxx tell me

You can treat dark skin type with an IPL but, only with a deep filter. Lumenis makes IPL systems that work great but they must use a deeper filter, 645 maybe even 695, they also need to use 2-3 pulses, many IPL systems only have an option to use a single pulse. You should also precondition your skin with 4% hydroquinoine AM & PM and use an spf with zink. Post treatment care is also very important. Be sure to be treated by someone that has experience treating skin of color or you will likely get a burn.