How is IPL Therapy Different from Laser Tattoo Removal?
Laser therapy can deliver only one wavelength (color) of light at a time, whereas the pulsed light used with IPL can deliver hundreds or thousands of colors of light at a time. IPL machines use filters to selectively deliver the desired wavelengths. The resulting benefit is that the wavelengths can be customized for the particular tattoo situation being treated and can be modified with each pulse. IPL and laser therapy are not the same thing. IPL sends shorts bursts of intense light at the skin, but the light is not laser-based light. IPL sends light through a prism that is placed against your skin. Why is the Ability to Vary the Light Color an Advantage? Longer wavelengths penetrate deeper into the skin and can be used to treat ink that has been more deeply applied, while avoiding damage to superficial parts of the skin. Shorter wavelengths are used to treat tattoos in the superficial areas of the skin while completely avoiding damage to deeper areas of the skin. Thus the ability to a
