I have an olive skin tone and got a IPL photofacial. Is my skin burned? (Photo)

Hello,Unfortunately it seems like you have been burned and this may be due to the settings being a little too high.  I would just give your face a break and not continue any laser treatments.  Make sure you are using a good moisterizer with spf and just let it just heal.  You will need maybe to consider a different alternative from laser to even out your skin tone once you have completely healed.

It appears that the settings used may have been too high for your skin at the time of treatment. It is important to follow up with the practitioner that performed the treatment to manage the areas until they heal. Additional moisture and sun protection will be particularly important until your skin has fully healed. After healing, you may need further conservative treatments to even out the skin tone. 

Hi there!  It does appear to be a 'bar burn'.  I would suggest you keep area moist with Strataderm or Alastin Skin Nectar and SPF at all times.  Best Of Luck!

Hi there, it looks like the IPL hit you quite hard.  This can be due to many factors including setting issues on the IPL and sun exposure and even medications taken recently.  The good news is that you will heal over time as you do need a few months for your skin to return to normal.  Use a good moisturizer and sunscreen.  Apply zinc oxide and aloe to help the healing process and it will be fine.  Thanks - T.Khan MD

In my opinion the setting on the IPL was too high, you can see where the IPL actually sat on your skin and the pulse of light is where you are seeing the affected skin . Did you by chance go out into the sun or do you take medicine/supplements that cause sun sensitivity? Even running errands outside for a couple of days can be too much especially with no sunscreen.  Sun/tanning bed 2 weeks before treatment can also casue sun sensitivity to IPL. You need to inform the office where you received treatment and get evaluated.