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IPL for brown spots causing white spots?

megan2606Jul 21, 2017
Hi had ipl on my chest for brown spots but I think it has given me more visible white spots. I definitely have these white spots on my legs (Idiopathic guttate).will I'll have made these white age spots more visible on my chest?I am due to go back for a 2nd ill in 4 weeks but I am unsure now in case it just makes the white age spots more visible.will it?

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Dr. Rebecca Gelber, MD
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Answered on Jul 25, 2017
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