IPL

Beautiful Skin You Deserve

At Your Cosmetic Office, you can look forward to the very best and most advanced technology to ensure you receive the best results possible. With that in mind, we are proud to offer the very best IPL treatments.

Whether you’re struggling with hyperpigmentation, broken blood vessels, wrinkles, or scars, IPL can address it all and leave you with the beautiful skin you deserve. You can count on double-board-certified facial plastic surgeon Dr. Mario Yco and her team will give you the results you desire.

What is the IPL?

IPL stands for intense pulsed light therapy and uses light energy to target melanin in the skin and in vascular lesions. Also called a photofacial, by targeting pigmentation in the skin, the IPL treatment can break up the pigment and damage vascular lesions, and allows the body to naturally remove them.

IPL can address a number of skin concerns, including hyperpigmentation, sun damage, scars, rosacea, broken blood vessels, sun spots, acne/acne scarring, and uneven skin tone. The light also only targets the treatment area; it doesn’t affect the surrounding skin, making for quicker recovery times.

Who is a Good Candidate for IPL?

Good candidates for IPL are generally healthy individuals with realistic expectations who are struggling with sun damage, hyperpigmentation, sun spots, or another skin condition that IPL can treat. You should also be committed to following the full series of treatments.

Candidates should also not be pregnant or breastfeeding, have a sunburn, have recently tanned, or be taking Accutane.

IPL Treatment

To start your IPL treatment, we’ll place protective glasses over your eyes and apply a gel to your clean skin. Dr. Yco will then place the handheld IPL device on the skin and move it across the treatment area. You may feel a slight snapping sensation, but that’s about it. You can ask for a numbing cream if you’re worried about discomfort. A typical treatment session takes 20-30 minutes, but larger areas can take up to an hour.

Post-Op Care

After your IPL treatment, the treatment area will likely feel like you have a sunburn. This feeling will last for about 4-6 hours. Ice packs and a cool washcloth can help with any discomfort. Any brown spots may also become darker, but they will peel off after a few weeks.’

While you heal, you’ll want to avoid makeup (especially if your skin hurts), use moisturizer, and wear sunscreen regularly. You can also use a gentle cleanser to wash the area. Your doctor will let you know when you can return to your normal routine.

About a week after treatment, as your skin has had time to heal, you will start to notice your results. Your skin will continue to improve over the next few weeks.

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