Your face, hands, and arms are the first parts of the body to show signs of aging because they receive so much exposure. IPL skin rejuvenation treatment will help eliminate age spots, freckles and pigment lesions as well as reverse the signs of aging.
Intense pulsed light essentially works by delivering energy to the skin surface and affecting dermal heating. A consultation is needed to evaluate the brown spots and determine how effective the treatment might be. Patients should not have a tan before their laser treatment. Numbing cream is generally not needed in the treatment of brown spots.
Depending on the type of treatment performed, there may be a sunburn like feeling, redness, bruising and scabbing. The skin heals quickly within 3-7 days with the application of an ointment such as petroleum jelly.
The effectiveness depends on the type of brown spot. For liver spots (lentigines) 1-2 treatments per area are generally needed. Other brown spots may have more variable results.*