Yes, IPL works treat both brown and red birth marks. Red birth marks include vascular lesions such as port wine stains, hemangiomas, and others. A consult with an ophthalmology clinic, an ultrasound, or a slit lamp exam of the cornea and other structures of the human eye to rule out eye disease and dry eye syndrome may be necessary prior to treatment of birth marks on the face. Intense pulse light can target the skin and absorb light to treat birth marks.