About IPL

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Treating thread veins

The IPL treatment involves light bursts which are absorbed by the blood in the small surface blood vessels. This causes local heating within the blood vessels that destroy them, but the treatment causes minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. Your body absorbs what is left of the heated thread veins over the next days and weeks.

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Treating Acne

IPL on an acne setting reduces acne bacteria and directly targets the overactive sebaceous glands, reducing the number and severity of acne lesions and lessoning inflammation and breakouts. The light also stimulates the production of new collagen to improve skin texture and appearance. 

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Treating rosacea

Rosacea is a condition that leads to facial redness, flushing and dilation of tiny blood vessels in the skin on the nose and cheeks. IPL treatment for rosacea works in the same way as for thread veins but the treatment area is usually more extensive.

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Reducing skin flushing 

By removing some of the superficial tiny blood vessels in the face that swell with blood when you become warm, IPL can reduce embarrassing episodes of facial flushing, improving your confidence in social situations.

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Pigmentation and Sun Damage 

IPL can be used to treat dark pigmentation on any part of the body including the face and neck, hands and décolleté, and gives the skin a rejuvenated look. The intense pulsed light waves are absorbed by the melanin in the skin that causes the pigmentation. This causes it to fragment, and your body later breaks it down in a natural process.