I saw Dr. Patricia Wong to have 2 very small brown spots removed. She assured me IPL was the only way to remove the brown spots. She also assured me that no one would be able to tell I had a treatment on my face. Not only did she give me 2nd & 3rd degree burns, she tried to cover it up and said the burns were because of the sun damage under my skin. I asked her why she said no one would be...
I had a really big sun spot on the side of my face. I've tried to get rid of it with hydroquinone and peels but nothing worked. I finally decided to give IPL a go. I was given numbing cream to put on my face before I went for the treatment. I numbed up 45 minutes before. The actual treatment was painful, but not too terrible. My face afterwards was really red and it felt like a sunburn. I put...
I had never used foundation on my face so when two tiny broken capillaries showed up on my face I didn’t want to cover them up with make up. I went to the place that I usually go for beauty procedures and they suggested 2-3 IPL treatments. I had done laser hair removal before so I was concerned about pain and hyper pigmentation. They said they would use a strong numbing cream and they would u...
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