Can laser treatment cause blemishes on the chest area while the skin is recovering?

Hello,It's understandable that you are concerned, but we believe that your skin will improve with each passing day.  The IPL does create crusting as seen in your first photo.  Once the pigment/color is "lifted" by the IPL process, it's expected to have skin that is lighter than the skin that...

That is such a great question.  IPL is not nearly as effective as a laser for hair removal.  A laser is able to more accurately target the hair, as it is one wavelength.  If you have fair skin and dark hair, I would actually suggest and Alexandrite Laser, which is 755nm...

Thank you for your photo. Partial thickness burns such as the one you have tend to heal very well on their own if you keep them out of the sun. Silicone scar gels or cream also provide an additional layer of moisture and have shown improvement with scars. I would be cautious of any energy based...

Great question. There are 2 possibilities. It is not uncommon that spots that already existed become more apparent as you start to improve the sun damage. The other possibility is that the settings were so intense that they injured the pigment producing cells in those area and caused some...

With IPL you can get some pigment variation after the first treatment, especially on the chest.  This usually evens out after 3 sessions.  This is why we recommend 3 sessions.  But if you really had blisters after the first treatment - the settings were too high and need to be...

Hello,This is very unfortunate; however, it would appear that the hyperpigmentation (dark color) is superficial and may respond well to a topical bleaching product once the skin is completely healed. Q-switched YAG lasers also address this reaction of "post inflammatory hyperpigmentation", but...