12/12/2025
Have to keep our guy camera ready 📸
We have really been focusing on improving both the look & overall health of his skin (with his personal & family hx of skin cancer.
IPL = Intense Pulsed Light.
It’s a non-ablative light treatment that targets pigment and redness without breaking the skin. It isn’t a laser (which uses one wavelength) — IPL uses broad-spectrum light to hit multiple chromophores.
🎯 Best for Treating:
Pigment
• Sunspots / sun damage
• Freckles
• Uneven tone
• Melasma (with pre/post treatment regimen)
Redness / Vascular
• Telangiectasias
• Persistent redness
• Rosacea flares
• Post-acne erythema (red acne marks)
General Skin Quality
• Mild texture improvement
• Subtle collagen stimulation
🔴 Why IPL Helps Rosacea
Rosacea involves superficial blood vessels, flushing, and chronic inflammation.
IPL targets hemoglobin, so the light heats and closes down telangiectasias and diffuse redness.
Benefits:
• Reduces flushing episodes
• Shrinks broken capillaries
• Decreases overall redness
• Smooths the “blotchy” look
• Can reduce stinging/burning sensitivity over time
⭐ Best Types of Rosacea for IPL
✔ Erythematotelangiectatic rosacea (ETR) → redness, flushing, fine vessels
✔ Mixed rosacea with redness + a few inflammatory bumps
📌 Who’s a Great Candidate?
• Fitzpatrick I–III skin
• Chronic facial redness
• Broken capillaries around nose/cheeks
• Flaring associated with heat, alcohol, workout flush
