Rosacea is a chronic (long term) skin condition. Rosacea symptoms are flushing or redness on the face. Facial redness on the cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead is mostly accompanied by a slight swelling and burning feeling. Rosacea commonly affects people with fair skin and blue eyes. It typically occurs in people between the ages of 30 and 60. Most Men seeking rosacea treatment often suffer from rhinophyma, which is the thickening of the skin on the nose making it swollen and bulbous.

Let us look at the causes, treatment and controlling measures below :

CAUSE OF ROSACEA/FACIAL REDNESS
Rosacea can show up as :

• Persistent redness on cheeks
• Diffuse redness on neck
• Redness on nose
• Visible blood vessels (broken capillaries) on face
• Red spots or areas on the face with associated flushing or blushing
• Swelling and/or scaling of the skin
• Raised red lumps or even pustules that resemble acne
• Will often by aggravated by spicy food, emotional stress, alcohol and exercise
• Reactive, sensitive skin that is irritated by make-up and skin creams/oils
• Red, irritated, tired eyes that are prone to styes (ocular rosacea)
• Swollen and thickened skin which can affect the cheeks and nose (rhinophyma)

INTENSE PULSED LIGHT (IPL) ROSACEA/REDNESS ON FACE TREATMENT
IPL is a safe and effective treatment to reduce the following symptoms of rosacea:

• Telangiectasia or dilation of blood vessels.
• Facial erythema or persistent redness.
• Flushing.
• Papular and pustular lesions.
• Sensitive skin with a tendency to skin irritation

IPL treatments are spaced at least one month apart and typically require 3-5 treatments to achieve the best results. With the ongoing treatments we will start to see significant improvements in redness and veins associated with rosacea. Rosacea can be a persistent skin condition and have associated flare ups. Most patients with moderate to severe rosacea will require top up treatments to maintain the result over the years.

GENERAL MEASURES TO CONTROL ROSACEA/FACIAL REDNESS ALONGSIDE IPL
TREATMENTS

• Avoid creams/oils, spicy foods, alcohol or whatever environmental factors                exacerbate your rosacea.
• Water based rather than creamy or oily skin care/make-up/sunscreen.
• Avoid applying steroid creams to your rosacea. It will calm it initially, but make it worse in the longer term.
• Protect your face from sun exposure with a hat and by using water based SPF.
  
• Ask your therapist to help you find skin care that doesn’t aggravate your rosacea facial redness.

With summer upon us, the desire to rid our bodies of unwanted hair is higher than any other time of year. While you can start IPL laser hair removal at any time of year, there are certain seasons that are better than others. Find out the simple reasons to why it is best to start IPL laser hair removal in Canadian winter months.

• There is less sun exposure

Before starting your laser hair removal treatments, you need to make sure that the area is not been exposed to sun and there is no tanning. Also after your laser treatment, you need to wait 2-4 weeks before you can suntan. Otherwise, your skin can get damaged and some pigmentation can occur. As it is recommended having your IPL laser sessions every 4-6 weeks. If you get suntan after your laser session, you won’t be able to get your skin ready before your next laser appointment. You can probably see why starting your laser sessions in winter is beneficial. Your skin has already been away from the sun and ready for permanent hair reduction. And you can make sure you won’t get any tan between your sessions as especially Canada in the winter doesn’t really match with beach requirements.

• No excessive sweating during the winter

It is recommended that you to prevent excessive sweating and getting exposed to heat right after your laser session. However, during the summer time, it is not as easy to do so. Wintertime, on the other hand, is perfect for you to stay cool after your IPL laser hair removal treatment with our experts. As long as you don’t take very hot showers or use the sauna or steam room, nature’s cooling will help you to be more comfortable after your session.

• You will be beach ready by the summer

It is recommended 6-8 hair removal sessions for the optimum results. And each session would need to be 4-6 weeks apart. If you were to start your IPL laser hair removal treatments now, you can easily be ready to enjoy stress-free summer! Easier to arrange your treatment times. You have more time. Don’t need to pause your treatment for holidays

• Easier to arrange your diary

During the winter times, you can arrange your appointments easier. As you don’t need to pause your treatment for holidays, you can continue your them on the set schedule. Which will bring you better results in the long run too.

​* Spring will be your next best option.

When addressing pigmentation concerns with IPL technology, the Intense pulsed light system releases precisely controlled strong pulses of filtered light that are absorbed by the melanin in freckles, sun spots and liver spots. The pigmented area absorbs the light and is heated to the point that the skin renews itself with fresh and healthy regenerated cells. Following treatment, the pigmented area turns darker and crusting is completely normal. Over the following weeks, the pigmented area will gradually flake away from the skin leaving little trace of the original mark.

Whether born with them or acquired over the course of a lifetime, virtually everyone has sun spots, freckles or skin discolorations that they’d love to get rid of and treatment with an IPL machine is a professional, cutting-edge and effective means of achieving this. Clients will require a treatment cycle that consists of a series of 4 – 6 treatments spaced four weeks apart to achieve optimal results. Results can be visible as soon as the first treatment.

Common pigmentation treatment areas include the back of hands, forearms, décolleté and face.

Before we get into all the reasons why an IPL photofacial is great, let’s cover the basics. For starters, an IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) therapy is used to treat sun damage, wrinkles, stretch marks and age spots. IPL is also known as photo rejuvenation or photo facial. Treatments are used to erase mild sun damage, brown spots, freckles or irregular pigmentation on the face, neck, or even chest.
Alternatively, IPL treatments can also be used for hair reduction but multiple treatments may be necessary. However, the benefits are worth every penny, so long as they are performed by a licensed and experienced skin care specialist. 

Here are 9 reasons why you should consider getting an IPL photofacial today and never look back.

#1: It can be done anywhere - Most users tend to start on the facial area but once they start to see the results, they tend to travel to other problem areas of the skin like the neck, shoulders and chest. With IPL treatments anywhere that you have skin or skin problems is an area that photo facial rejuvenation can fix.

#2: Can help repair small blood vessels - If you have small blood vessels that have become visible, enhance sunspots or cause other irregularities in pigmentation, IPL is a great solution to help clear the skin.

#3: Helps control acne - If you suffer from severe acne and experience issues combating the redness and inflammation caused by acne, IPL treatments can help. IPL can help eliminate large pores and thus reduce the appears of acne on your skin without the need to constantly apply topical products that dry out the skin.

#4: Reduces skin redness - If you suffer from rosacea or any other type of skin condition that diffuses redness into the skin, IPL photofacial therapy is a great treatment solution for reducing the appearance of redness and helping create an even and natural complexion.

#5: Minimizes signs of aging - While IPL isn’t necessarily an anti-aging solution, it does have lasting effects in helping reduce the signs of aging such as wrinkles, sunspots and other indicators of aging. By treating a deeper layer of the skin, IPL stimulates collagen growth and helps improve the skin’s texture, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

#6: Lower cost solution - While most skin treatments are extremely expensive, IPL photo facial treatments often cost less than laser treatments and also provide results for the long-term, unlike a regular facial.

#7: Allows for additional treatment - Another great benefit of IPL photo rejuvenation procedures is that they can be done in conjunction with other treatments such as microdermabrasion, chemical peels and other facial skin treatments that target the outermost layer of the skin. Since IPL treatments target the deeper layers of the skin, they can safely be performed with other treatments that target the outmost layer of skin.

#8: It’s quick and easy - The issue with most facial treatments these days is that they’re time consuming and have downtime. With IPL treatments, each photofacial procedure can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes maximum, so it can easily fit into the busy lifestyle of today’s go getters. The other great benefit of IPL treatments is that you can go right back to whatever you were doing before the procedure, as there is no downtime to follow. No need to miss work or have to skip on picking the kids up after school.

#9:  No Pain - While a small percentage of patients express feeling a slight sensation during the procedure, the other roughly 90% of patients have no pain at all during the IPL photo facial treatments. If you do experience a slight discomfort, applying a topical anesthetic 60 minutes prior to the procedure can easily reduce this. Some of the new technology systems are virtually pain free.

Opening Statement : IPL Hair removal is a very safe and effective way of hair reduction. But there is always a very small number of people who, despite being excellent candidates, don’t get the results they want. Others are just disappointed because they stop using it and the hair eventually grows back.

​But majority of the clients experience results that match the start-up phases below :

• After 1 or 2 sessions you’ll still see hair growth. And hair doesn’t fall out immediately. Shave before your next session.
• After 2 to 4 sessions you should see less hair and smooth patches. Your hair is also finer and lighter, and easier to shave.
• After 3 to 6 sessions you should have large bald spots, very fine and light regrowth or even be totally smooth! You may not need to shave between sessions.
• After that continue as directed by your technician either to complete the full regimen or start your maintenance phase with top-ups every 4 to 8 weeks.

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Concluding Statement : Everyone adapts differently. Some users experience very fast results, whereas others needed 2 or 3 times as long. It varies by individual. So, if you don’t see results within a few goes, don’t give up! Stick at it and give it more time. IT WORKS !