IPL Photorejuvenation

IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) photorejuvenation to address sun damage, age spots, broken capillaries, facial redness, rosacea, and uneven skin tone. Broad-spectrum pulsed light selectively targets red and brown chromophores in the skin while leaving surrounding tissue intact. Minimal downtime with temporary redness for one to two days. Series of three to five sessions recommended for progressive improvement.

SkinCare Physicians offers Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) photorejuvenation as a non-ablative treatment for the broad category of photodamage and vascular skin concerns that accumulate over years of ultraviolet exposure. IPL devices emit a broad spectrum of light wavelengths (typically 500–1200 nm) through a series of cut-off filters and bandpass filters that allow the clinician to select specific wavelength ranges targeting particular chromophores. For pigmentation treatments — including sun-induced lentigines, freckles, and café-au-lait spots — shorter wavelengths in the 500–600 nm range are selected to target epidermal melanin; the IPL pulse is absorbed by the pigment, heating it to a temperature that destroys the pigment-containing cells, which then darken briefly before being shed over one to two weeks. For vascular treatments — including broken capillaries (telangiectasias), facial redness, rosacea flush, and poikiloderma of Civatte (the mixed pigmented and vascular sun damage pattern on the neck and chest) — wavelengths in the 580–680 nm range target oxyhemoglobin in the vessel walls; the thermal damage causes the vessel to coagulate and be reabsorbed, reducing visible redness. Because IPL can address both pigment and vascular components simultaneously, it is particularly effective for the mixed-pattern photodamage that is common in adults over forty. A typical series of three to five treatments spaced three to four weeks apart produces progressive evening of skin tone, reduction in brown spots, and diminishment of visible redness and flushing. Post-treatment findings include mild redness for one to two days and temporary darkening of pigmented spots before they flake off over one to two weeks. Broad-spectrum sunscreen is essential in the weeks following treatment to protect the newly treated skin.