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Recommendations After IPL Treatment

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To get the best results after IPL therapy, the treatment itself is not sufficient. All post-treatment recommendations should be considered to obtain the expected results, to minimize side effects, to reduce the complications rate and to make this journey a pleasant one for the patient.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Emergency District Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Raluca Sobec & Lucian Fodor

  2. Med’Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Lucian Fodor

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  1. Emergency District Hospital, Cluj Napoca, Romania

    Lucian Fodor

  2. Director Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

    Yehuda Ullmann

Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

16.1.1 Q1: Immediately After IPL Treatment It Is Very Important to:

  1. (a)

    Heat the skin

  2. (b)

    Cool the skin

  3. (c)

    Apply a dressing on the skin

  4. (d)

    Tan the skin

16.1.2 Q2: After IPL, All the Patients Should Avoid Unprotected Sun Exposure of the Treated Area or Should Use Sun Screen Protection of UVA, UVB SPF of 30 or Higher for

  1. (a)

    Two weeks

  2. (b)

    Three weeks

  3. (c)

    Six weeks

  4. (d)

    Eight weeks

16.1.3 Q3: After IPL Treatment, One of These Agents Could Be Used, Except:

  1. (a)

    Sun screen

  2. (b)

    Glycolic acid

  3. (c)

    Antioxidants

  4. (d)

    Anti-inflammatory agents

16.1.4 Q4: Immediately After IPL the Patients Skin Should Be:

  1. (a)

    Heated

  2. (b)

    Cooled down with ice packs

  3. (c)

    Cooled down with air cooling device

  4. (d)

    Any of the above

16.1.5 Q5: If Burns Occur During or After IPL, It Is Recommended that the Treatment Includes the Following, Except:

  1. (a)

    Topical antimicrobial ointment

  2. (b)

    Hydrocolloid occlusive dressings

  3. (c)

    Burn gel

  4. (d)

    Let the wounds dry

16.1.6 Q6: Steroid Creams Are Totally Forbidden After IPL Treatment.

  1. (a)

    True

  2. (b)

    False

16.1.7 Q7: Exfoliant Products Should Be used on the Face Surface Right Before IPL Treatment.

  1. (a)

    True

  2. (b)

    False

16.1.8 Q8: Vitamin C Increases Melanin Production. This Is Why It Is Used after IPL Treatment.

  1. (a)

    True

  2. (b)

    False

16.1.9 Q9: Crusting After Hands IPL Treatment Is Frequently Present on Hands Surface Due to Increased Uptake of Energy by Melanin.

  1. (a)

    True

  2. (b)

    False

16.1.10 Q10: Topical Anti-inflammatory Agents Are Not Encouraged After IPL Treatment.

  1. (a)

    True

  2. (b)

    False

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Sobec, R., Fodor, L. (2020). Recommendations After IPL Treatment. In: Fodor, L., Ullmann, Y. (eds) Aesthetic Applications of Intense Pulsed Light. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22829-3_16

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