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What are the dangers of IPL?
Health risks Reported injuries have included burns, blistering, scarring, keloids (thickened, overgrown scars), increased or decreased skin pigmentation and eye damage (damage to the retina [back]or uvea [front] of the eye). The causes of such injuries include: use of a laser/IPL by untrained service providers.
What is safer IPL or laser hair removal?
If you’ve been looking at treatment options for permanent hair removal then you have probably come across both laser hair removal and IPL and are wondering what the difference is. In short, laser hair removal is safer, more effective, and the only way hair removal should ever be performed.
Can IPL make you hairier?
Answer: IPL can rarely cause a paradoxical increase in hair growth. It happens very rarely and more often in patients with some hormonal abnormality, like polycystic ovary syndrome, but not necessarily just under those circumstances.
Is laser hair removal cancerous?
Can laser hair removal cause cancer? It’s a myth that laser hair removal can cause cancer. In fact, according to the Skin Care Foundation , the procedure is sometimes used to treat certain forms of precancerous lesions. Different lasers are used to treat sun damage and wrinkles.
Is IPL safe for face?
IPL-based technology is generally considered a safe procedure as potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation is typically filtered by blocking wavelengths below 500 nm, although there are unwanted effects associated with the treatment.
Does IPL have radiation?
Laser and IPL systems all utilise non-ionising radiation; this type of energy does not affect the DNA strands. It is this breakdown of DNA which may lead, in the long term, to cancer.
How do you use IPL hair removal?
How does IPL work?
- Shave, epilate or wax the area to remove the hair.
- Select the right light intensity for your skin tone.
- Turn the Lumea on, and wait for the ‘ready to flash’ light to come on.
- Press the ‘flash’ button.
- Move on to the next spot!