The doctor's office should have reviewed your skin protocol with you after the IPL. IPL is not a laser, it is intensed pulsed light and works differently from a laser. Cetaphil and aquaphor should all be fine. Depeding on what setting you were treated for and what condition you can use V...
It is important to shave before your laser hair removal treatment so that the laser energy is absorbed by the pigmented hair in the follicle. A day or two after the treatment, some hairs may start to pop out and it seems as though the hair is already regrowing. These hairs will fall...