If you’re seeking a treatment of IPL in Estepona, welcome to Vogue Clinic. Before we begin, we’d like to provide you with more details about this innovative treatment:
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), also known as IPL, is a light technology capable of eliminating the marks left on our skin by the sun, stress, and the passage of time, such as sunspots or uneven skin tone.
Additionally, IPL allows for the removal of facial and body hair, whether blonde or dark, although the latter will require more sessions for complete removal.
The energy of the pulsed light eliminates enlarged pores, hairs, redness, spots and small wrinkles. Working on the deeper layers of skin, this treatment really allows the texture and tonality of the skin to improve.
The treatment must be applied to cleansed skin, free of makeup, creams and hair. A cold gel is applied to the treatable area. This serves as protection for the thinnest layers of the skin whilst facilitating the transmission of energy. Eye protectors must be worn by both the specialist and patient to protect eyesight.
Most patients need between 4-5 sessions every 30-45 days, although with hair removal, depending upon the hairtype or specific needs of the patient, these numbers may increase.
Some patients may require maintenance sessions once or twice a year.
For 1 – 2 weeks prior to treatment, patients are to avoid:
• Exposure to the sun.
• It is very important to keep the treatable area out of the sun ( both directly and indirect sunlight.) Failure to do so may cause adverse skin reactions or sunburn.
• Tanning activators
• Self-Tanning
• Skin Oils
• Avoid creams containing alcohol or perfumes.
• Avoid photosensitizing medication
• Avoid exposing treatable areas to direct/indirect sun exposure and/or the use of UV tanning booths
• Avoid using creams or oils with alcohol/perfumes that may irritate or burn the skin.
Any treatment can have side effects. Whilst this does not necessarily indicate they are serious or permanent, you should, nevertheless, take them into account.
• Redness and irritation of the skin. This is perhaps the most common side effect, especially if your skin is very sensitive. However, this will usually disappear 2-3 days.
• Small edemas or redness may appear around the hair.
• Hypopigmentation: consists of the appearance of spots on the skin that disappear over time.
• The appearance of small blisters. This is very rare, but it can occur so it is helpful to be aware of this.
The patient must sign a consent form, taking responsibility for the pre and post-treatment care we advise. Following these recommendations increases the effectivity of the treatment. Vogue Clinic cannot accept responsibility for these side effects, should the patient not follow these instructions.
It is important to take these into account before undergoing IPL for the removal of hair or treatment of skin spots.
The most common contra-indications to IPL are as follows:
• Very tanned skin/sunburn. This type of treatment poses a risk on excessively tanned/burnt. This is because the skin needs to be in a healthy enough condition to endure the imposed of light. Sunburn or highly tanned skin may hinder this process.
• Do not undergo IPL if you are very dark skinned.
• Pregnancy and lactation. It is discouraged to use IPL treatment during pregnancy and lactation.
• Do not use IPL at the time you have a skin disease or herpes.
• If you suffer from alterations in healing.
• IPL may prove an inadequate treatment if you have varicose veins.
• If you have diabetes, epilepsy, or immunosuppressive diseases.
• If you are taking certain medicines.
For this, it is recommended you come fully informed regarding the compatibility of your medication and pulsed light.
• Drugs that produce photoallergic reactions, as well as analgesics and drugs with anticoagulant effects, are not recommended.
This depends upon the intensity of sun exposure your skin receives after IPL treatment. If you expose yourself to the sun for a long periods without sunscreen, you are more likely to find that the underlying problems (whether redness or brown spots) will return. Should you take good care of your skin, keeping it protected from the sun, only annual maintenance treatments should be required (1 or 2 session.s)
Definitely. If you undergo IPL to remove spots, rosacea, acne marks or varicose veins, combining the treatment is no problem. IPL works well in conjunction with anti-acne cosmetic treatments. spots, softpeels, dermapen or plasma pen.
The medical professional responsible for assessing your situation should advise you on the most effective combination.
