What is photorejuvenation and why shouldn I be tanned before or become tanned after a treatment?
• Photorejuvenation is a series of laser or IPL treatments that gradually improve skin texture, decrease redness and broken capillaries and lighten dark spots on the skin. It is most often used for treating the face, chest, arms and hands but can treat any skin area. The treatments should not be done if you have a tan because the light will be attracted to the melanin in the skin causing the tan and away from the problems we want to target. Following the treatment you need to avoid tanning because your body may get irregular pigment if you tan in the 4 weeks after. I encourage you to give up tanning all together as ultraviolet light is the most important accelerator of skin aging and promotes skin cancer.
