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Beta blockers do not interfere with intense pulsed light treatments. If you are taking Aspirin, you may have some bruising. Please use sun protection after your IPL treatments.
As far as I know there are no problems with taking beta blockers and having IPL treatments. Wear sunscreen and enjoy your treatments.
There are no contraindications for beta blockers and IPL. When you have a treatment your technician should ask for a list of medications that you are taking, but beta blockers do not cause you to be more sun sensitive and that's the type of medications that need to be closely monitored when doing IPL treatments.
None of us can answer this question for you because IPL settings are specific to each type of machine. Additionally, some machines have additional settings to consider, so even though sometimes the joules may be lower another type of energy in the machine is higher, which raises the strength of...
IPL and Laser Hair Reduction are not recommended for pregnant or breast feeding women. There is no known physiological adverse effects to either treatment, however since IPL and Laser Hair Reduction are both elective, non life saving procedures, usual recommendation is to wait till after...
Because darker and ethnic skin types have a propensity for pigment issues, preparation with pigment suppressing products, such as hydroquinone or arbutin, and regular use of a retinoid, are standard pre-treatment protocol for most procedures (especially pulsed light, laser treatments and some...