Patient education
IPL vs picosecond laser: the guides
Eight guides to the choice between broadband light and picosecond-domain laser pulses, written to compare two light sources without promoting either. Neither is the default here; the target decides.
All guides
8 guides
- IPL or Picosecond Laser? What Each Light Source TreatsDeciding
- Broadband Light: What IPL Does Well and What It MissesIPL
- Picosecond Pulses: Short Bursts, Narrow TargetsPicosecond
- Pigment Lesions: Matching the Light Source to the SpotPigment
- Sessions, Downtime and Skin Type in Light-Based TreatmentDowntime
- Results, Maintenance and Recurrence After Light TreatmentMaintenance
- What Drives the Cost of IPL and Picosecond TreatmentCost
- When Neither IPL Nor a Picosecond Laser Is the Right AnswerNeither
Not sure which light source your skin needs?
An assessment starts with what is on the skin rather than with which device is available. We will say plainly what the lesion appears to be, which light source — if either — matches it, and what we would advise if the answer is neither.