Banish Facial Redness in Record Time with Lumecca IPL Therapy

Even those who care for their skin diligently find that age and environmental factors cause more problems than they can correct with at-home remedies. Professional skin treatments offer powerful solutions to practically every type of skin issue life throws at you — but which one is right for your ruddy complexion? 

Dr. Boris Itskovitch at Brooklyn Aesthetics in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, offers a comprehensive treatment lineup that addresses virtually all skin complaints. When redness is your main problem, he often recommends Lumecca® intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy, and here’s why.

Understanding IPL technology

Intense pulsed light is a type of noncoherent light, which simply means that its wavelengths fluctuate randomly. The light energy targets the IPL wavelengths ranging from 500 nm-1200 nm, and each wavelength is capable of penetrating your skin at various depths.

During your Lumecca IPL therapy, Dr. Itskovich hovers the handheld device over the treatment area, controlling the wavelengths according to your unique skin issues. The device emits light energy that penetrates your skin tissue and targets the pigment in freckles, broken blood vessels, birthmarks, sun spots, and rosacea.

Over the next few weeks and months, your body flushes away the destroyed tissues, leaving you with a much clearer skin tone. 

As a bonus, the heat generated by the light energy triggers a natural response to produce more collagen and elastin, the two essential proteins that provide strength and resilience to all your connective tissues, including your skin. 

As your collagen and elastin supply amp up, your skin regains its youthful plumpness, and wrinkles and lines fade away.

Best candidates for Lumecca IPL therapy

To help you determine whether Lumecca IPL therapy is right for you, here are some of the criteria Dr. Itskovich uses when recommending this treatment.

You have spots, freckles, or dark patches

Lumecca IPL therapy specializes in tackling pigmentation problems. If you have sun damage in the form of dark spots or too many freckles, IPL can break up the melanin clumps beneath the surface of your skin and mark them for removal.

IPL also targets vascular lesions, such as blotchy red patches, broken blood vessels, and spider veins.

You have rosacea

A fairly common skin condition called rosacea causes:

• Facial redness
• Red bumps that look like acne
• Red, swollen eyes
• Thickened nose skin 

Lumecca IPL therapy addresses your rosacea-induced ruddy complexion by targeting the inflamed capillaries just under the surface of your skin.

Why Lumecca IPL therapy is better than other IPL treatments 

IPL technology has existed for many years, but Lumecca by Inmode outpaces all other IPL treatments due to a key advantage.

The peak of power in the Lumecca IPL therapy falls in the visible light spectrum. The pigments in your skin, like blood in broken capillaries and melanin in dark spots, absorb this range of light best. 

Lumecca IPL therapy zeros in on these colors, quickly breaking up the pigment and marking it for elimination. Lumecca can get rid of redness and dark patches in 1-2 treatments, compared to the typical 4-6 treatments with other forms of IPL. More stubborn pigmentation may take more sessions, but you’ll need fewer with Lumecca.

To learn more about Lumecca IPL therapy and how it can transform your red and dark patches into a smooth, even skin tone, schedule a consultation with Dr. Itskovich by giving us a call at 718-550-6956 or using our online booking tool today.