QuestionHello Mr. Carr,
I am very close to making an appt. for an I2PL to remove brown sun spots that are all over my face.
Of course, there's worry about adverse events. It's discouraging.-- I read that some poor women had a bad experience (from not i2pl but i think it was with radio freq.-- (had sunken-in irrigation marks on their face that followed the trail of the laser). Those poor ladies, I feel so sad for them.
I've learned that we cannot be tan before or during the I2PL treatments, we need to use sunscreen constantly, and that after a treatment, the brown spots will become darker before they become lighter.
My questions are: Is the i2pl ellipse tried, true, and safe? Are there any possible adverse reactions or events?
and Would it be better to have the procedure done in the fall/winter to avoid interference from the summer sun as we're heading for now?
Answer I would say yes the i2pl is safe, the tried and true part can vary with operator/ patient. We use a different ipl made by the same company at my work, and we see a great success with it. It's true you need to not be tan and not tan afterward, if you're going to invest that kind of money in your face why would you go out in the sun ruining it is what I wonder when we see patients that come back months later having redamaged their skin. Of course, I live on the Gulf of Mexico near some beautiful beaches so I know it's hard for people to stay away from the sun. We generally do hold off on a lot of our treatments for sun damage over the summer, unless the patient is adamant they're not getting out in it.
I have seen people with those trail marks on their faces, in my opinion it has resulted from two things: they were too tan for the laser, or when those sun spots become darker and flaky instead of letting them fall off, we had a patient who literally picked the skin off her face. It was raw and red and it looked like she clawed herself. I would make sure the clinic you're going to has a good reputation, and a doctor. Also if you're prone to fever blisters tell them, the heat from the lasers can bring them out.
As a side note I think happy people do not go on the internet and write glowing reviews of their experiences very often, usually unhappy people do, so I think a lot of times reviews on the internet are always more negative.
Also it's Ms. Carr
hope this helps
Griffin
