IPL Photofacial in Neenah, WI

IPL Photofacial is $450, or $400 for members at our Neenah studio. Every price is published on our pricing page. Nothing is quote-on-request.

Because that is what success looks like at day two. The pigment absorbs the energy, rises toward the surface and darkens into what people describe as coffee grounds, then flakes off over the following week. It is the most common reason people call us worried, and it is the expected result rather than a complication.

Usually not, and this is the most important thing on this page. IPL works by heat, and heat is one of melasma's triggers. It can clear sun damage brilliantly and make true melasma worse. The two look similar on the surface, which is why we scan before treating rather than assuming. If it turns out to be melasma, peels and pigment-targeted skincare are the safer route.

Three is typical for sun damage, spaced about a month apart, with a maintenance session once or twice a year afterwards. Someone with a lot of accumulated damage may want more; someone with a few discrete spots may be finished after two.

We would rather you did not. Recently treated skin is more light-sensitive and fresh sun exposure both undoes the work and raises the risk of an uneven result. Autumn through early spring is the sensible window here, which at this latitude means roughly late September to April.

Usually not, and it is the most important caveat on this page. Melasma is heat-sensitive, and IPL can make it worse rather than better. We scan first to establish whether we are looking at sun damage or melasma, because they look similar and want opposite treatments.

They darken first (noticeably, like coffee grounds) then lift and flake away over roughly a week. That darkening is the treatment working, not a reaction.