I am a 31 year old female with some freckles and sunspots due to excessive tanning as a kid. Ill try to upload pictures later. Not enough damage to really turn heads,but enough that I notice it in every picture taken of me. I thought about IPL a year ago, but after reading many reviews on the website, I was scared out of getting it done. Vanity isn't worth it! Well, fast forward another...
Here is my nightmare... I had 3 IPL treatments on my face without incident and 2 on my chest with great results. The last IPL done in Sept. by the Doctor as the nurse got another job was horrific. 2 appointments were changed as I was told the machine was broken,,,,then after being "fixed" I had my 3rd treatment. The same settings were supposedly used, but the pain during the procedure was...
I thought IPL was pretty fool-proof, but the RN who performed it obviously had the settings too high. My face has a dark and light pattern on it three weeks after and I am now going to a real dermatologist to try to even it out. I wish I never would've trusted my face to her and I am paying for it now! I went to Jasmine at Dermotology Assosciates of Westlake and she did four gentle IPL...
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