Andrew M. Epstein, DO

You are an excellent candidate for Broad Band Light (BBL)/ Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatments. These treatments targets sun damage (brown spots and redness) and reduces the damage by 50% or better.  It is not a one time treatment however. You will need to do 3-5 treatments depending on your response to the therapy. There is no downtime with this procedure other than after a treatment the brown spots do get darker and there is what is call micro crusting. To prevent further damage and brown spots we recommend daily use of sun screen SPF of at least 30-50+ especially on exposed areas.

Unfortunately, it is called Permanent hair loss/reduction for a reason.  The hairs that you removed are gone and can not be regrown. Where was the hair removed that you want it to grow back?




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Congratulations on getting a Vitalize Peel!  Typically you want to wait until you are no longer peeling before starting up again with any abrasive/possible irritating topical to the skin that was just treated.  For some people that might be a week after the peel was initiated, but it is usually on a case by case basis.  Once you are no longer peeling you are able to restart your retinol 0.025%.  Also upon restarting if it is too irritating you might want to consider applying the retinol every other day and rebuild your tolerance back up to daily usage.