Undergoing IPL treatment aims to provide treatment for varying skin conditions. Dermatologists sometimes refer to it as photo-rejuvenation because it usually uses light technology to make treatment. It can make treatment for all ranges of skin conditions that range from dandruffs, acne, aging spot, freckles, sagging skin and fine lines. The technology can treat other conditions like sclerosis and deep wrinkles on the skin surface. In a similar way, this procedure can remove spider veins from the skin and make the skin appear appealing to any other person. Moreover, the technology has been found very useful in the removal of excess fat from the skin of the face by sucking the fats from the fat cells thus improving the appearance, texture and shapes of the skin.
The initials, IPL, actually stand for Intense Pulse Light. This technology makes use of light technology in the treatment process. Light beams at regulated wavelengths are concentrated at the target area. The hand held pulsating machine exposes the patient to a certain regulated beams of light at particular wavelengths. The beams of light will therefore absorb melanin pigment on the affected skin and as result produce low-level heat energy that reacts with the affected skin dissolving it and exposing the newer cells underneath the affected ones. This means that the damaged skins cells lift, peel off and can be removed with time during which they give way to the new cells to resurface and take their new roles.
It is important to realize that only the melanin pigment underneath the skin will be absorbed by the beams of light. This is the case because the wavelengths are controlled and at the same time, the heat so far produced is of low-level energy that will get to affect only the parts on which the beams are concentrated. This means that the procedure is very safe and does not project the patient to serious side effects. At the same time, it exposes the patient to be treated of various skin conditions at the same time without giving priority to a particular condition. This means that the patient can treat a range of skin infections while giving no particular priority to any one of them. At the same time, the patient can be treated of other skin condition that might not be evident when the treatment starts.
In preparation for the treatment, the patient should consider changing their diets to include high levels of Vitamins A, C and E for skin nourishment. At the same time, the patient should consider making complementally skin care options that can allow him or her to avoid exposing themselves from the harsh sunrays for lasting results of IPL skin treatments.
Sources: www.clinicallasers.com For a complete range of laser equipment delivered worldwide. http://www.endlesssolutions.com.au/face/ipl-skin-rejuvenation.html