IPL: Bad Idea. Really Bad - Pointe-Claire, QC

I agree, you are very pretty.

RF can cause fat necrosis. Some machines are used in a way with specialized heads for circumferential reduction at the arms, thighs or tummy. RF is wonderful for skin tightening of the face but there is a risk of fat necrosis that is sometimes desired especially at the "turkey gobbler". What machine was used for your treatment?

Syneron's Emax. I've had multiple derms and plasitc surgeons verify the fat atrophy. They basically said the setting for the RF were to high and in conjunction with the IPL damaged the dermis and subcutaneous layer.

Hi Slowhonay, I had 2 Indiba and 4 TriAcitve RF , i am sure those machine work wonder on some people, but unfortunately it also can do damage if used wrongly , i have never once been told about Skin damaged when i ask about side effect , in fact i was told there were no side effect , now looking at what it has done to my face I can say this it is no true, if you use someone with qualification and a lots of experience your chance to have this happening to you is minor but I don’t think the persons who did mine had a lots of experience. Now I need to find a solution to stop the damage to continue and hope my dents will get better.. also my face has been itching/and tingling for the past 4 weeks even at night .. Any advice or products or anything would be great . Thank you very much.

Sometimes when the collagen remodels it can do so at a slant and create a "depression" in the skin. They say it is transient and will resolve in a few weeks. Without seeing pics it's hard to say what happened to you but I do know that what u described can happen with RF- especially if they were very aggressive. I'm not sure how u would go about fixing this problem. See a dermatologist that also does RF procedures so he/she can help you.

The only options are fillers or fat transfers unfortunately which are temporary fixes and won't make the skin the same as before. Fat transfers are more long term but very unpredictable and lumps may occur.

The RF they use was DEKA TriActive + this is now 8 months since my Six session and my skin and cheek are awfull , my cheeks are dented and almost flat were the fat used to be and the texture of my skin is very crêpey, and to top it all my face have been itching on and off for the last 6 months , this make me look terrible and a LOT a older then my ages.. Doctors should tell the client the risk of those device as it can really damage people's life i know this has mine , i am now because very insecure and hate looking at myself . People should know the truth their is too many horror story regarding RF shame i didnt read those stories before i agreed to go ahead as i would have say no way and i would been happy now instead of miserable.

It is now 11 months since my last Radio Frequency ( deka Triactive plus) disaster, my face is awful now, loss of fat all over the face specially on the cheeks, chin and under my nose my face looks diferent in a bad way my skin is just terrible

Z01, I am sorry about the damage to your face that was a result of having an IPL. It really sukcs. I do think your skin can heal some. The fat loss may be a different story. I felt the fat on my right upper lip and around my noise was somewhat atrophied, giving my nose a pointier look (think witch!), and I have a slight sagging of skin on either side of my noise. I wont go on and on here as I've written it else where. There is a woman on youtube, a therapist, who works with people who have been traumatized by IPL and other treatments gone wrong. I spoke with here and found it helpful. As far as my face goes, I use a lot of oit (emu oil for the skin). I have permanent inflamation (actually sizzled fat) underneath where one would have bags ( I only have the illusion of bags, think carved out, as the fat fell underneath that area and stayed puffed up), I am in graduate school at the moment, but when I am done will look into having that corrected. I will also look into fillers and fat injections but am very wary. My skin texture is not great, but the oil helps. I am so sorry that you are having to go through this, I wouldn't wish this on anybody. People don't understand how damaging this can be to our sense of self. It is traumatic to have your face change, and to be damaged by someone and something that was supposed to be for the our betterment. There is a doc in Florida who does filler for aids patients who have had facial wasting (severe fat and muscle loss) and he looks like he knows what he is doing and does a great job with the guy in the video. Put "aides facial wasting cure" in the youtube search engine. I am sending healing vibes your way. be well.

I am so sorry to read this. I have had side effects from IPL too all I have done is Endymed to tighten my cheeks and Glycolic & Lactic acid chemical peels as well as lots of creams (synergie priority b ultimate b3 serum & suprema c) Will be getting dermal fillers under my eyes. Can I ask if you have had any peels yet?

Hi sp123. , No I haven't done any peels, I am kind of afraid too. Did it help the skin texture? The skin on my nose feels rough...and has big pores...though I am not too worried about anyone caressing my nose any time soon ; ) What is Endyned? And where can I find the other things you are talking about? I would love to know how the dermal fillers under your eyes work. I know if I have an eye job I will need some filler, otherwise it would end up looking weird. Thanks for writing.

I am a 20 year old male and I have the horrible british skin which freckles like there is no tomorrow in the Australian sun. I have had probably about 12 IPL sessions all up and afterwards my skin was loose, textureless and just looked gross. I have not had any IPL and 6 months and my skin has improved quite a bit. IPL does horrible stuff your skin there is no doubt. Anyway back on track umm I found the peels to be good because there is a lot of dead skin on the top layers which I could not get rid of with scrubbing. There is a peel called the Jessner peel which you are supposed to PEEL I'm looking forward to getting this one when I can afford some downtime. I have had the 25% glycolic peel and have had great results. 40% is the highest you go. Endymed is just a skin tightening machine (not painful like IPL) quite a few people on here have said it didn't work for them. It worked for me but you have to wait 3 months or so for results. I got it done for my cheeks where I had just lost so much elasticity. It's quite expensive (Think $300 AUD per treatment and you need 6-8 ish) I have the exact same problem with pores I have not researched into any fix for this yet. I think the Synergie skin range might be an Australian only but they are just (expensive) vitamin creams. I have always had some circles under my eyes but after IPL I lost quite a bit of fat from under my eyes which made the circles quite worse. Dermal fillers in this case are just a liquid that they inject under your eyes into the tear trough to fill the depression, because there is no fat under there this is what creates the circles) If you open up google images and search for "restylane under eyes" you will see what I mean. Restylane is just the type of dermal filler I am getting put in my tear troughs. I think I have mentioned this before in a comment on this thread that I thought peels might be a good option. Hope I could help!

Hi, Yes - I am from this area.

Yes, I was interviewed for this report. Sadly, they did not include me in the piece.

Victoria, I know many, many people who were harmed by practitioners who were the foremost laser gurus in the country. My practitioner had been doing IPL for 10 years and it still managed to harm my skin. The problem doesn't just lie with inexperienced practitioners, it also lies with the technology itself. It's not an exact science. I admit I was naive because I trusted the clinic I went to, but that doesn't mean I should take all the blame for what happened to my face.

That would explain why they did not use your story since you went to a reputable, board certified office.

Many of the doctors on here admit that problems can occur with lasers even in the best hands. I wish I had been offered a better informed consent prior to my procedure.