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Columbia Vein and Aesthetic
Center, P.C. |
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Suite #200 Palmetto Baptist
Medical Center 320 Harbison Blvd, Columbia,
SC 29212 803-732-2554 |
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Intense Pulsed Light |
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Intense Pulsed Light(IPL) is a
treatment in which the skin is exposed to a series of very intense computer
controlled flashes of light. This light has very useful therapeutic
effects on the skin. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is somewhat
different from a laser. An intense pulsed light device is a computer
generated system, which emits pulses of broad spectrum of light
wavelengths, from 550 to 1300 nm, whereas a laser emits only a single
very intense wavelength of light. In IPL special cut-off filters are
used to block out wavelengths of light below the filter number selected and
allow only those wavelengths of light above the filter number to pass
through. This makes the IPL system more versatile than a laser. Once light is absorbed by a
chromophore(area which absorbs the light), heat is released. It is the
release of heat by the absorption of light, around and within the
microenvironment of the target chromophore, that results in damage to
the target and its disappearance. The heat causes inflammation and
injury to the pigmented lesion, blood vessel or hair follicle resulting in
slow elimination of the injured lesion by the macrophages(inflammation
fighting cells) of the immune system. By incorporating the higher wavelengths
with this system you can now treat darker skin types and wrinkles, as
well as treat leg veins. When using the higher filters you will see
improvement in the wrinkles, pore size and skin texture. The long wavelengths
create a subclinical dermal inflammation that stimulates the conversion of a
fibroblast into a fibrocyte. Overtime, the activated fibrocyte then produces
new collagen. At the same time, existing collagen will shorten. The new
collagen is organized into tight fibrils. Accumulation of new dermal collagen
over the course of several treatments results in a thickening of the dermis
and an apparent softening of the wrinkle, textural irregularity or pore size. The light is absorbed by pigmented areas
of the skin such as blood vessels, hair, and sun spots which produces heat
which destroys these areas. Thus the IPL device is useful for hair
removal and reduction, blood vessel removal, and skin rejuvenation. |
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Phone: 803-732-2554 Fax: 803-753-9257 Email:
drandersonmd@earthlink.net |
