Red Vein and Rosacea and other vascular conditions can be treated with IPL because the visible redness of the blood inside a vein or capillary absorbs the light and heats up, thus destroying the vein or capillaries causing the unwanted redness.
The IPL treatment uses white light to coagulate the blood within the vein.
The heated or coagulated blood is then absorbed over the next few weeks and disappears.
IPL causes the capillary to heat to approximately 50-60 degrees centigrade which like diathermy kills the tiny capillary and the waste is slowly absorbed into the body.
Roseacea responds very well to IPL.
Images Beauty Therapy is able to offer this treatment, which will reduce facial vascular blemishes like the fine thread-like vessels found on cheeks and around the nose.
Also general diffuse redness can be significantly reduced.
The heat generated by the intense light coagulates the blood within the tiny vessels, closing them off, and then the skins repair- cells then remove the debris.
Results will vary, occasionally minimal results may be obtained, but most people will see a significant improvement in the condition.
Often at least 4 sessions are needed in an area to obtain optimal results but sometimes only a few. Treatments should be 4 to 6 weeks apart.
You may need to come in to the clinic for periodic assessment between treatments.
Treatment of the full face is usually performed in stages rather than the whole face in a single session. Your technician will advise on how to best treat the area.
If Veins are too big, Images Beauty Therapy Clinic offers an alternative treatment of Diathermy Electrolysis, which is very effective for more obvious capillaries or veins. A combination of both treatments may be advised.
It is necessary to have a consultation before any Intense Pulsed Light treatment will be given.
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment to receive information and read the consent form.
During the consultation we will be establishing your medical history and skin type to determine your suitability for IPL treatments.
We will also be discussing exactly how IPL works and how many treatments will be required for your needs. Allow 60 mins. Minimum cost $50. Includes 1-3 trial patches / pulses.
Immediately = Area may appear slightly raised or swollen
24 hours = Skin appears calm- no redness or swelling.
1 to 6 weeks = Red Veins / Redness / Blush will have faded or disappeared.
It is important to read the following:
First 24 hours
The Next 3 to 6 Months
Skin Pigmentation can be treated with IPL as the melanin (skin colour) attracts the light and therefore heats up. The skin that contained the pigment slowly lifts to the surface of the skin and falls off.
Images Beauty Therapy Clinic is able to offer a treatment to reduce the colour of pigmented lesions caused by sun damage, using Intense Pulsed Light technology.
A doctor’s letter confirming that no skin cancers are present is required before commencing treatment.
It may be difficult to assess the degree of results before treatment commences, but one initial treatment will give an indication as to whether the pigment is likely to reduce, and then further treatments can be done if needed.
One treatment is often enough to see stunning results, but 2 or 3 may be needed for optimal results.
Treatments are performed at 4 to 6 weekly intervals.
Results will vary.
Not all pigmentation will fade.
Usually sun damage typically seen on backs of hands, forearms, décolletage and face will respond well.
Hormonal pigmentation and other pigmentation with a medical cause may not respond, or will have minimal results.
Note:
This treatment is not permanent as we do not destroy the cell that produces the pigment Melanin.
Melanin is produced by specialised cells called melanocytes found deep in the skin.
It is a non – coloured cell, therefore IPL cannot destroy it.
Melanin moves from a melanocyte into adjacent skin cells as a clear substance. When skin is exposed to sunlight (UVA or UVB) the melanin substance changes from clear to brown. Thus it is the melanin substance that is changing the colour of the skin cell to brown. NOT THE MELANIN CELL. IPL only treats melanin that has changed from clear to brown. We will explain this during your consultation.
PL will cause the melanin to coagulate inside the pigmented skin and it is this skin that sloughs off. However, if this area of skin is exposed to sunlight in the future, it will tan again. Using sunblock and anti-pigmentation skin care can help to slow or “block” the return of this “tan/colour”. We can discuss the use of Pigment Inhibitors.
It is necessary to have a consultation before any Intense Pulsed Light treatment will be given. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment to receive information and read the consent form. During the consultation we will be establishing your medical history and skin type to determine your suitability for IPL treatments.
We will also be discussing exactly how IPL works and how many treatments will be required for your needs. Allow 60 mins. Minimum cost $50. Includes 1-3 trial patches / pulses.
Immediately = Area may appear slightly raised or swollen and have a hot sensation.
1-6 hours = It will also begin to change to a dark or black speckled colour.
24 hours = Skin appears calm- no redness or swelling but will have dark speckled effect.
1 to 6 weeks = The pigmented skin will gradually FALL OFF and the pigmented lesion will have faded.
It is important to read the following to avoid the following causes of skin pigmentation and sun damage.
First 24 hours
The Next 3 to 6 Months and FOREVER!!!
Skin rejuvenation occurs when the skin is heated up by the IPL and the skin responds by repairing itself, similar to sun burn, (although NO UV damage has occurred) and it is this repair that will naturally produce collagen that improves the skins appearance.
This process needs to be repeated several times to achieve the rejuvenation effect.
This skin rejuvenation is often a bonus treatment when hair or pigmentation or red vein treatments are performed. (i.e. multiple results from a single treatment).
Images Beauty Therapy Clinic is able to offer this popular treatment to improve the surface of facial and neck skin or the back of hands, or larger areas such as décolletage (chest).
IPL offers a more subtle improvement for those not wanting an aggressive ablative (removal) treatment like “laser resurfacing”.
Rejuvenation is a treatment usually performed:
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Acne IPL treatments are an excellent treatment for “Propion Bacterium Acnes” the bacteria responsible for Acne.
The white light spectrum used by IPL, contains Blue light (475nm) which has been found to have a dramatic effect upon the Acne P Bacterium. The light causes the bacteria to be killed and this allows the acne to heal and the skin to clear.
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