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The guidelines for IPL treatment and lasers with Accutane advise a waiting period of approximately one month as the drug is fairly quick to leave your system. However, if you are using it on only a monthly basis at a small dosage there should not be an issue as long as you start an IPL treatment with small parameters as oppossed to an agressive treatment.
Thank you for your question! After a full course of Accutane, my recommendation is to wait 6 months before undergoing a chemical or laser/light peel procedure. For a low-dose, incomplete course of Accutane, it really is up to the practitioner to make a judgement call. If you have a tendency to scar, I would wait longer (perhaps 3 months); if not, then 1 month may be adequate for your skin to recover. Best of luck!
My opinion would be to stop the use of any Retinol cream or topical products containing tretinoin 7-10 days prior to your IPL appointment and until your skin has completely healed from the laser.
Hello pvbence, Thank you for your question. It always best to keep your treatments at least 4-6 weeks apart. You should be fully healed by then and would benefit from your treatment more. Best wishes.
It can take several weeks for laser results to settle. I recommend following up with a cosmetic dermatologist for after care recommendations. I recommend skin care with vitamin c, b5 hydrator, silicone based scar gels with growth factors and enzymatic washes with papaya enzyme to give i...
