How to prepare for IPL treatment

IPL treatment for rosacea is now increasingly common and results can be very good.

But getting the most from any course of IPL or Intense Pulsed Light therapy needs careful planning.

IPL can be quite expensive and if carried out by untrained clinicians IPL can also be a risky procedure.  So if you’re considering IPL treatment for your rosacea – prepare yourself beforehand.

Outcomes from any medical procedure will be better if you know what to expect.
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What is IPL treatment?

Rosacea treatment made great advances in the mid 1980’s when laser treatment was first applied to more severe cases of rosacea.

There were some side effects with laser therapy that made it less effective as a general rosacea treatment.

Technology has moved on since these early days and newer treatments using light therapy have been developed to treat all sorts of vein conditions – including rosacea.
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Rosacea symptoms – how to tell if you have it

Amazingly – many people who suffer the symptoms of rosacea don’t even know that they have the condition.

Although there is no cure for rosacea – when caught early – the symptoms of rosacea can be treated much more effectively. Early treatment of rosacea means that long term discomfort and permanent – possibly disfiguring – changes to the skin are prevented

Unfortunately there is no test to diagnose rosacea – it’s only possible to know whether you have rosacea for sure by observation.
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Rosacea management self-help guide

If you suffer from rosacea you may feel you need medical help and prescription medicines to manage the rosacea symptoms.

But many rosacea sufferers have found that antibiotics can make their rosacea symptoms worse and medical intervention can be costly and less than helpful.

Since rosacea doesn’t have a cure – the most effective treatment lies in controlling the symptoms of rosacea.

Self-management is a good place to start.
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