I Have Been Receiving IPL Treatments for 4 Years - Leesburg, VA

I have received IPL treatments from several places, but the one that has worked the best is at a local plastic surgeon's. Prior to treatment, I have to have the numbing cream on skin face 30-40 mins. I get zapped with the IPL laser and my face looks sun burned for a few hours. The dark spots get much darker and in about a week they flake off. Just wonderful.

The other places I've been to do not hurt or require numbing cream, but one only worked a little bit, and another place did not work at all (total waste of money). If your spots do not become very very dark, it is not a good treatment. The machine used by my plastic surgeons office is Sciton Laser or something like that. If it doesn't work they will redo for no cost. That happened one time. Apparently, each time you have the treatment they have to turn up the strength a little more to get the job done.

I get the IPL twice a year, once in spring, and again in fall. The effect is cumulative. I skipped a semi-annual treatment and my spots started coming back. If you want something that works, I don't think you should look at low prices. The others I went to were low cost (one was a Groupon) but I threw my money away.