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tom
23rd June 2005, 07:03 PM
Hi,

Last Monday I was treated with a CO2 laser for several Sebaceous Hyperplasia I had on my face. I asked the doctor if I could go ahead with a scheduled IPL for this Mon.(27th). He said yes. I contacted the IPL doctor and his nurse said if there were no open sores I could receive treament. The treated areas are still very tender as of Thurs. I have grave reservations about this advice. A problem I'm facing is I won't be able to reschedule as I'm visiting the area which is 1600 miles from my home. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. I'm leaning hard toward cancelling the IPL, although I hate to do it as this AZ doctor has an excellent reputation.

Tom

matt
23rd June 2005, 07:28 PM
Be careful man, if you don't think your skin is ready for IPL then you may do some damage.

I had hair removal a few weeks before my first IPL and here's the results.

http://img25.imagevenue.com/loc237/th_b44_ipl.JPG

The hair removal treatment must have made me very tender in these areas, it's been two weeks now and i'm pretty much healed. (some fading hyperpigmentation but also a patch of hypopigmentation where i got a blister)