13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
IPL provider: Not specified
Well, day 19 and and I can say without a doubt that for me, it was not worth it. there are two areas that look like scarring from the process.... ughhh.... Most importantly, if you are planning on having this process done know going into it that you will need more than one treatment. I just can't go through it again. I mean I looked hideous. My skin is still not back to what it was prior to the treatment. My doctor told me to start using Obagi since I refuse to do the IPL again. I'll let you know in a month how that is working.
Net - IPL wasn't worth it for me, good luck and I hope it is better for you.
After IPL treatment photo
IPL reviews by RealSelf.com users
Avg cost $816
54% say IPL was worth it
46% say IPL was not worth it
6/13/08
I am going to get this treatment done next week. Please keep updating your posts. I am very interested in knowing how you heal up.
6/17/08
what kind of skin did you have before IPL? are you asian? cant tell by your picture. also, any more updates? :)
6/27/08
I had the pixel treatment, and although I do like the nicer texture it gave me cheeks, I have to also say for me it wasn't worth it and here's why: First I wanted results for my crow's feet (people always told me overall I had plumpy nice face skin), the healing was HORRIBLE (not "a bad sunburn" more like someone could "were you on fire?"), I got - I swear- two extra wrinkles on one eye, hyperpigmented where they did stacking - at the crows feet- now it looks like I went crazy with bronzer!. Also, my doc recommended Obaji since I also refuse another treatment-- do they like do this on purpose. I would not recommend this tx to others, or at least tell them NOT to stack and just pay for extra treatments at lower laser intensity.... I tell you it took 10 days before I felt ok to go out in public and still the new brown spots suck!