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• Posted to Be Very Careful with IPL Lasers! - Scarborough, ON on 18 Feb 2011

  beckylee, if they were plastic goggles they don't really do anything, but at least you had something over your eyes and not bare like that.
  
  also i wouldn't go on with the rest of the treatments from this person, ask them for a refund and go somewhere where the technician knows what she's/he is doing and make sure they actually listen to you. you absolutely have the right to a refund, you might have to fight for it but you definitely deserve the refund. the only thing i can think of is if you signed anything (which you should have signed a health form or something) that could say you don't have the right to a refund if you pay in advance. either way call or go there in person and demand your refund.
  
  if she doesn't give you a refund then take the loss of money, it will be hard and sucks but this person will ruin your face if you keep going on with the treatments with her.

• Posted to Be Very Careful with IPL Lasers! - Scarborough, ON on 16 Feb 2011

  I agree with KikiLisa, you should have ad eye protection Beckylee. i feel like she did abuse you and i feel really bad for you. there are too many bad/horrible doctors and technicians out there that don't know what they are doing and/or think they know everything and whats best.
  
  before becoming an esthetician, i had my experiences with ipl and laser machines, they weren't pleasant and now that i am an IPL technician myself it is very very important to know what your doing, the machine your using and listening to the client. too many people don't even have a license to preform ipl or laser services. they just buy the machine from some companies and take a small course and go on there way.
  
  when preformed properly ipl services are very safe and work. it saddens/angers me that so many people have had horror stories.

• Posted to Be Very Careful with IPL Lasers! - Scarborough, ON on 14 Feb 2011

  IPL Machines ARE NOT lasers in any way! Laser machines are COMPLETELY different! i just wish people understood that and what the REAL differences are not the fakes that are out there.
  
  Toronto7506,
  
  I'm so sorry for what happened to you! i'm an IPL technician and it's just killing me to see what this person did to you. people like this should not be working let alone have a business!
  
  This lady honestly has no idea what she's doing because your skin tone is so dark (in our terms) that she 1. should have refused treatment on you or 2. done a SMALL test patch in an area no one see's and asked you to come back in 24048hrs to see the result. unfortunately it looks like she just wanted the money and/or doesn't really know what she's doing.
  
  IPL machines CANNOT tighten skin in the way i think she said and you maybe hoped for. they help more in the face for photo facials, which tone and tighten the skin over time(several treatments).
  
  Unfortunately the white patches you have left are permanent :( they may darken slightly over time and sorta get back to your normal skin tone around the burn. what happened is with the 3rd degree burn you experienced, the Melanin (cells responsible for determining skin color) basically got destroyed leaving no pigment. no like i said they could darken over time but will probably never go back to your natural skin tone. i would definitely go see a doctor about a treatment (cream,oil etc) to help.
  
  as for the Glycolic acid, WAIT!! do not do it now and for atleast 6-8months after they heal completely. you could potentially cause more damage if the tissue is not healed. the acid might help to lighten the scar a bit but it's a toughie because its not really a true scar.
  
  im so angry at what she did. it's because of people like this that IPL and Laser treatments have such a bad reputation.