XPL Photofacial:

It is phenomenal mini-procedure capable of diminishing or fully ridding one of age/liver spots, fine wrinkles (rhytids), facial flushing, redness, broken capillaries, telangiectasia (Teel-ann-ject-AZE-yah) which are purple or blue veins on the face, hemangiomas (sacs of red, purple or blue blood vessels resembling a blister, aka strawberry hemangiomas), freckles, minor sun damage, port wine stains, tattoos, varicose veins, spider veins, flat birth marks, hypo-pigmentation and even hair removal! And the best part? NO downtime! Intense Pulsed Light Therapy gives you the benefits of a medium depth laser or chemical peel or other type of resurfacing/rejuvenation procedure without the blisters, burns and long recovery time. Not only that, it is the only proven therapy to help with redness (rosacea, flushing, etc)! And to boot, many patients report a reduction in pore size, oil glands, smoother skin, and less wrinkles with repeated treatments.

Are You a Candidate?
If you are prone to keloids, hyper or hypo pigmentation, are dark-skinned, darkly tanned or do not react well to burns you may not be an ideal candidate for Intense Pulsed Light Therapy. Also, if you have ethnicity (like Greek, Italian or African American, etc.) in your biological family, you may be prone to hyper or hypo pigmentation resulting from the procedure. An ideal patient would be of white European descent with elastic, non-oily skin.

If you are a insulin-dependent diabetic, you can’t be treated. Also, you should discontinue the use of any blood thinners such as Coumadin®, Heparin®, aspirin or other types of anti-platelet or anti-coagulant herbal remedies including and not limited to...

Since there is no real downtime you may resume your normal activities after a Pulsed Light treatment. However you must protect your treatment area from UV light, be it natural sunlight or tanning beds. You may be slightly pink or red directly after your treatment as well as have mild swelling. This should subside in a few days.