Photofacial or IPL anti-aging skin care treatments use a bright flash of visible light, like the light of a camera flash to remove pigmentations (Age spots, Sun spots, Brown spots and Freckles) blood vessels non-surgically from the skin. This pulsed or flashed light is very different from a laser as it is a broad-spectrum that can affect multiple skin conditions at once.

Photofacial skin rejuvenation works by passing a flash of bright light through a filter that only allows a specific color of light in the flash to pass through the filter and hit the skin.

The IPL Photofacial light is selectively absorbed or taken up by the brown pigment in an age spot or the dark reddish brown color of blood in a blood vessel. When the Photofacial light energy is absorbed by the pigment or blood vessel, the heat from the Photofacial or IPL light destroys the pigment or blood vessel by heating it. IPL also encourage your skin to produce collagen and fibroblast which helps your skin looks youth.

This process is called Target Specific Photothermolysis. A specific target, that is a color, is heated (thermo) with a light (photo) beam and dissolved or destroyed (lysis).

Using color filters placed in front of the Photofacial light beam, a wide variety of colors can be allowed through

to treat many different skin conditions including hair removal (Red), acne (Violet), age spots (yellow) and rosacea (green).

What area can be treated?

The skin is our largest organ and any area can be treated with IPL™.

MOST COMMONLY TREATED AREAS:

• Face
• Chest
• Hands
• Neck

Treatments can be done 2-4 weeks apart and 2-4 times a year, depending on treatment goals