All treatments
Needles & light
IPL photofacial
Light that lifts sun spots and redness
- From
- £160
- How long
- 30 to 45 minutes
- Downtime
- Spots darken and flake off over 7 to 10 days
- Sessions
- A course of 3, four weeks apart
IPL (intense pulsed light) is not a laser but a broad spectrum of light, filtered to target brown pigment and the red of small blood vessels. The light is absorbed by the spot or vessel and breaks it down, while the skin around it is cooled and protected.
It works best on lighter skin tones with sun spots or redness. At the consultation we’ll look at your skin under our lamp and tell you honestly whether IPL or another treatment is the better choice.
A medical treatment: it starts with a consultation with one of our prescribers, who checks your health and medicines and only treats if it is right for you. Results vary from person to person.
Who it suits
- Sun spots and age spots on the face, neck, chest and hands
- Diffuse redness and small broken veins
- Lighter skin tones
Not for you if
- You have a tan, or will be in strong sun soon
- You have a darker skin tone (we'll suggest a peel instead)
- You take medicines that make skin sensitive to light
- You are pregnant
What happens
- A consultation and a patch test
- Cleansing, a cool gel and goggles
- Short flashes of light from a smooth glass handpiece, like a warm snap
- Cooling and sunscreen
Aftercare
- Treated spots darken and flake away; let them
- SPF 50 every day and no sun on the area for four weeks
- No hot baths, saunas or exfoliants for 48 hours
