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Ipl laser aftercare.
This guide to help you prepare for your ipl treatment at laser hrh and includes recommendations on how to care for your treated area after your appointment.
Do you have any aftercare tips to help with healing.
It s an intense light source.
The recovery time will depend on how aggressive the treatment was and the area of the body that was treated.
Don t exfoliate your skin within the first seven days as it may cause irritation.
Don t take hot showers hot baths or bask in a hot tub for a minimum of 48 hours.
Post treatment care is important for best resutls.
Typically the skin will be red for a few days like a sunburn and than will gradually calm down.
Ipl can also remove unwanted hair from your face neck underarms legs or bikini line.
You should avoid certain activities.
It is normal for the treated area to feel like a sunburn for a few hours.
Makeup can be applied as long as the skin is not broken.
Patients can return to work immediately afterward.
However there are precautions that must be taken for optimal results.
What makes ipl different from laser is that it directs a broad spectrum high intensity light pulse on the skin instead of a more invasive precisely calibrated laser beam set on a narrower specific wavelength.
For your safety and in order to obtain optimum results the instructions below should be followed.
Please carefully read through this information before attending your appointment with laser hrh as the preparation is very specific.
Knowing what to expect after ipl will help you remember these aftercare don t s.
Intense pulsed light ipl is a kind of light therapy that can be utilized in the treatment of wrinkles age spots birthmarks rosacea varicose veins freckles sun spots and broken blood vessels in your face.
Do not use the following products 3 days before or 5 days after your treatment or until pinkness has subsided.
Because ipl aftercare is safe and non invasive there is no recovery time and minimal ipl aftercare.
Ipl before aftercare advice by laser hrh 5 may 2018.
But so is a laser fundamentally speaking albeit a far more intense light source.
You may use a cold compress aloe vera gel or 1 hydrocortisone if needed.
Immediately after the intense pulsed light treatment there may be redness and bumps at the treatment site which will last up to two 2 hours up to a few days.
Photo hi i had an ipl laser treatment done five days ago by a highly respected nurse practitioner.