IPL Laser Skin Rejuvenation
IPL laser technology offers a whole new skincare approach for patients wanting to turn back the signs of ageing.
Laser treatment can tackle a variety of ageing conditions including:
- Skin texture/quality
- Complexion
- Fine lines, including smoker's lines and ageing
- Skin thickness/smoothness
- Sun damage
- Redness
- Pigmentation
- Brown spots
- Rosacea
- Freckles
- Broken capillaries
- Open pores
About Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Treatment
The IPL system regenerates the skin by heating the cells to stimulate production of collagen within the skin. This regenerates and improves your complexion, skin texture and skin tightness, reducing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, reducing pore size, redness and other signs of ageing.
Immediately after your skin will have a healthy glow - it may be a little red for an hour or two but generally settles down quickly. For major results with age spots, wrinkles and lines will be softened over a period of 4-8 weeks after the treatments.
A series of treatments is advisable to build up maximum impact. This repeated stimulation of collagen production resurfaces the top surface of the skin.
The treatment is quick and easy, involving no pain and no down-time. You can return to work or your activities immediately after the treatment and put make-up back on an hour afterwards.
The Effects of Ageing
What to watch for in each decade.
In your 30's
- Wrinkles and age spots may begin to appear
- Your skin may seem less radiant
- You may have sun damage and signs of discoloration
In your 40's
- The collagen and elastin support network begins to break down
- The skin becomes dryer
- Lines and wrinkles become more prominent
- The blood flow begins to slow down, leaving your skin with less of a blush
- Sun damage, smoking, hydration, general health and genetics play a part
- Skin thins
- Redness and spider vessels become common
- Age spots and discoloration appear
In your 50's
- Production of new cells decreases
- Wrinkle formation increases as your skin retains less water
- Underlying fat cells in your face shrink and your excess skin begins to sag
Intense Pulse Light (IPL) Advantages
- Safety - IPL light is at the safe end of the light spectrum. Potential side effects are minimal and short lived
- Treatment in our comfortable clinics by trained laser practitioners
- Fast treatment - appointments for skin rejuvenation are usually 30 minutes.
- No pre- or post-procedure treatment required
- Effective - IPL reaches deep into the skin, where creams cannot be absorbed, and works on stimulating your natural collagen
- Comfortable and non-invasive - a warm, tingling sensation on the skin as the laser is applied
Aftercare
- Wait an hour before re-applying make-up
- Take particular care to avoid the sun during a course of treatment - use a high factor sun block
- For the majority, post-operative discomfort is almost non-existent
- Treated skin may appear a little flushed and capillaries may seem to be more visible for a couple of hours. The flushed look soon fades away and over a period of 4-8 weeks the skin looks younger as the treatment gets to work on your collagen production
- After treatment, the sensation is minimal to nonexistent. Most tolerate these procedures quite well and can return to work or their activity shortly thereafter.
- Avoid any harsh skin cleansers
- If possible, stop smoking for both the health of your lungs and for the health of your skin
