The treated skin is typically a little swollen red and sensitive after an intense pulsed light treatment.
Day after ipl laser treatment.
If possible do not apply makeup immediately after the treatment.
Your skin may remain sensitive for a few days after the procedure.
The redness and swelling usually go away within one or two days.
How well ipl works can depend on what you want the treatment to fix.
Do ipl photofacial treatments cause side effects.
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Sometimes bruising infection changes in skin color or blistering occur.
This is not a true laser treatment one wavelength but instead a laser cousin.
The skin repairs the damage leaving you with an evener skin tone.
The treatment is most effective on light skin and it will usually take 4 6 treatments to achieve maximum results.
Other uses include reducing the appearance of scars lightening.
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Ipl uses short blasts of a polychromatic high intensity light to penetrate just below the skin s surface damaging the melanin that makes up age spots or the blood vessels that create broken capillaries.
This also goes by the names photofacial bbl broad band light and other terms.
People may use it to reduce the signs of aging or remove unwanted hair.
I m having my first ipl treatment in a few days and i m getting a bit nervous.
And after each successive treatment skin will gradually become brighter clearer smoother suppler and more youthful looking.
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However a laser focuses just one wavelength of light at your skin while ipl releases light of many different wavelengths like a photo flash.
First it sounds like you were getting a photorejuvenation treatment with an ipl intense pulsed light.
After one to three treatments light therapy can get rid of 50 75 of.
Ipl is similar to a laser treatment.
The skin is especially sensitive as it heals and re damaging the skin is possible during this time.
Continued effectiveness of ipl treatment.
After just one ipl treatment patients start seeing an improvement in skin texture and tone.