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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