IPL Skin Treatments

IPL is Intense Pulsed Light therapy. Simply, it means that an Intense Light is Pulsed into the skin to perform various skin treatments, including hair removal, and photorejuvenation. It provides a safe, convenient, and valuable solution for unwanted hair, acne, rosacea, wrinkles, thread veins, etc.

IPL Skin Rejuvenation

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As our skin ages due to excessive sun exposure and decreased production of collagen, this treatment treats an array of skin concerns.

Skin Rejuvenation is a gentle safe & effective treatment to treat age spots, freckles and visible blood vessels, improving your skin texture. It diffuses redness, rosacea and uneven pigmentation, improving your skin texture. Many women report that it becomes easier to apply make-up. Facial treatments are most popular, but all parts of the body can be treated.

Benefits of IPL Skin Rejuvenation

  • Lightening and removing sun spots, age spots and brown blotches on the face, neck, chest, hands and other areas of the body

  • Helping to control flushing

  • Lightening and reducing redness, rosacea, dilated blood vessels and “broken” blood vessels on the face, neck and chest

  • Improving skin texture through collagen stimulation and improves pore size minimally by temporarily reducing oiliness

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Dermalite Hair Reduction

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Dermalite IPL is one of the best Laser Hair removal systems in the industry for all skin types and tones. Now men and women alike are making unwanted hair a thing of the past.

The light emitted from the applicator is attracted to melanin, which the pigment (colour) is found in hair. Because the light is attracted to dark colours the darker the hair the more effective the treatment. It is more effective therefore if a client’s skin is also at its palest, because if a tan (real or fake) is present, the light is attracted to the pigment (colour) in the skin, this wastes some of the light energy making the treatment less effective & therefore wastes your money, as extra sessions will be required. Prior to treatment the hairs are clipped back. The applicator is then pressed onto the skin and & a shot of light is released. The light will then be absorbed into the hair; the light energy is transformed to heat, which destroys the root of the hair.

Laser works best on dark hair with pale skin, but Dermalite IPL can also treat all skin types. Darker hairs are most easily treated due to the large concentration of melanin in these hairs, which gives an optimal absorption and conversion of light energy to heat.

Clients should avoid tanning for one month before treatment and throughout the course of the treatment. This will reduce light absorption by the skin. After the treatment the treated area is more sensitive to UV light for about one week so sun exposure of the treated area should be avoided & an SPF 20+ should be used for one week afterwards to prevent uneven pigmentation.

Clients should also refrain from waxing, plucking and electrolysis for approximately 3 weeks before treatment & during treatment, as a root is required in order to kill off the hair. Throughout your course of laser hair reduction treatment you are only permitted to shave, or clip back as often as you like.

To assess the hair before the initial treatment, some hairs need to be evident to determine if the hairs are dark enough for treatment, especially if treating a facial area. Also to determine energy settings we need to asses facial hair density as to whether it is fine, medium or thick. For subsequent treatments most of the hairs should be shaved or clipped back, leaving 4/5 unclipped hairs visible so that their density can be assessed on each visit as they become finer as treatments progress. It is imperative to shave large areas such as full leg & back areas prior to treatment, as this would take up a lot of therapist’s time & would make the treatment more difficult. Clients arriving in unshaved will incur a charge for large areas i.e. back & leg areas.

No Heat treatments are permitted for 24/48 hrs (Sauna, steam room, hot showers & bathes, swimming)

No makeup application for 24hrs, with the exception of ID Bare Minerals which is chemical & fragrance free make up which can be applied immediately after & is available here at Genesis Skin Care & Laser Clinic.

No application of perfumed products for 24/48 hrs after. SPF 20+ recommended for 3/4 weeks after on areas exposed to sunlight, as you may me photosensitive for up to one week after treatment & therefore prone to uneven pigmentation/tanning.

Aloe Vera gel may be applied to smooth skin.

• Anagen – growing stage (Hair root attached to follicle)
• Catagen – transition stage (hairs during their shedding phase)
• Telogen – resting stage (Waiting for new hairs to grow)

To permanently reduce hair, the hair must be in the active stage of growth known as the Anagen stage. Hairs that aren’t in the anagen stage will definitely grow back & that is why repeated treatments are necessary. The number of hairs in the anagen stage at any given time varies from 10-30 % depending on the body site; therefore one can have minimum of 10% & maximum of 30% reduction in a single treatment. This is why repeated treatments are necessary. It’s very important to keep intervals between treatments constant, as the aim is to get as many hairs in the anagen stage as possible in order to kill off the maximum amount in a single session, so as soon as new hairs begin to grow & emerge from the skin, they are usually in this active stage & treatment at this time is advisable.

Intervals between facial treatments are generally every 4-6 weeks & for body hair, treatments are necessary only every 8 weeks, as hair growth is slower there. For most body areas 12 treatments are required on average, but can in some cases take more treatments. Facial areas can take about 12 sessions. Permanent reduction of up to 70% -90 % can be expected.

Telogen stage of growth is where a hair has shed & the follicle is at rest awaiting for a new hair to begin to grow, unfortunately this follicle can remain at rest for up to 8 years, therefore preventing us from being able to treat it, because if there is no hair in the follicle it’s not possible for us to treat it. This is the reason why all laser clinics cannot guarantee 100% permanent removal, as we have no control over the natural hair growth cycle. And that is why there is no method of 100% permanently removing hair, no matter what laser device, electrolysis or Intense Pulsed Light system is used.