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From your question it is not clear why you are having IPL treatments. These work best for some types of pigmentation and redness. They do not work for light areas. If the light areas are surrounded by dark areas, the IPL treatments may help by reducing the surrounding darkness and decreasing the contrast between the two areas.
IPL addresses reds and browns in the skin, helping to even out skin tone and discoloration. It will not re-pigment the skin at all. The skin surrounding your lighter mouth area, will hopefully get lighter and more even toned; thus, making your mouth area not look aggressively lighter than the rest of your face. But no, the IPL will in no way repair light skin; it's not possible.
Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong...
The hair removal IPL will target the hair follicles. It won't penetrate deep enough to affect or cause pain or problems with any metal in your body, like legs, arms, or even metal plates in chest. You are good to go!
I would suggest you see a specialist for a full evaluation and treatment of your possible vasculitis. There are various reasons (primary) and (secondary) for vasculitis, and many can be serious. Vasculitis occurs when your body attacks your blood vessels. It's not always clear why this...
It is important to avoid treating a mole during IPL hair removal because when the clinical studies were done, and I did the original ones in the 1990s, this was part of the protocol and thus became part of the product label or description. We don’t treat over moles routinely, but in reality we a...
The new salon was being careful to see what settings are appropriate for you. This is a much better idea than burning you. Next time, they will probably increase the power. We do want to smell some burning and see the tiny red bumps to know you are having an effective...
Avoiding a moisturizer after Intense Pulsed Light treatments may be based on the concern that superficial areas which get deeply pigmented and peel off can become healed over if moisturizer is used after IPL. At my practice in New York, I recommend using a good skin cleanser and then a...
