First, doctors called the treatment lasers facial rejuvenation, now the same treatment with intense pulsed light (IPL) is called Fotofacial. There is no difference between light and laser- neither works great for skin rejuvenation; but both are expensive and cause complications.
So what is IPL Fotofacial?
When skin lesions or wrinkles on face are treated with laser or light therapy, it is known as Fotofacials. Just a fancy name for skin rejuvenation.
What can intense pulse light treat?
Intense pulsed light is now used to treat skin imperfections like
- Acne scars
- Fine lines
- Pigmentation
- Wrinkles
- Sunspots
- Rosacea
There are some physicians who also treat vascular lesions like spider veins and small hemangiomas with intense pulse light.
How is IPL different from a laser?
Unlike a laser, which uses a narrow beam of light, FotoFacial IPL delivers a high broadband light that does not traumatize the normal skin (This is BS because many consumers have been burnt with IPL). The doctors claim that this is one major difference between laser and IPL. Intense pulsed light penetrates into deeper layers of skin and leaves the superficial skin intact (hogwash!).
Fotofacial IPL is sometimes also known as a non-ablative treatment, meaning that it does not damage normal skin. If anyone believes that after applying a heat source on skin it can only affect deep layers and not the superficial skin, then he/she is a fool.
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