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When I have IPL done, that night & the next morning, my face feels & kind of looks like I had a day of sun w/out sunblock. So that's more than likely what you're seeing/feeling which is totally normal for IPL.

mimirunzz, dont worry at all. You'll be fine. You might get some of the "coffee grounds" affect if you have sun damage in the area where they gave you the IPL, but don't worry if you do, the dark marks will come to the surface & flake off. BUT what is really scary is the "mistake" they made. That is just unacceptable. I wouldn't have paid for it. Or would have just paid $150.

From what I've heard, IPL is not for women who have melasma already or for ethnic skin types. I wonder if that has something to do with the types of people who are getting the damage to their skin?

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. I have had IPL with great sucess. I have had it done on my face, my chest, my stomach & my shoulders for sun damage and have great sucess. The doctor I see does a one time session versus 5-8 sessions like a lot of med spa's recommend. What I can tell you though is my doctor made it VERY clear that IPL is not for ethnic skin or malasma. I think the problem that might be happening is these med spa's just arent educated enough about the machines they are using. So very sad. Your skin will get better I'm sure, it'll just take some time. This is just another reminder that WE need to do our research before doing anything to our skin. We just cant trust what we're being told.

Yes, I notice that I have more brown skin on my chest now after having the laser done. Uuuggg I'm going to probably have to do more IPL treatments just to get the brown skin back to being light again.