IPL and Laser Damage
Cosmetic Laser and IPL Damage Revealed
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When Did It All Begin...
The stories of people harmed, damaged or scarred by cosmetic devices such as cosmetic lasers, IPL, Fraxel, VBeam, radio frequency devices and tens of other cosmetic devices have peppered the Internet for a decade or longer. With the advent of sites such as Make Me Heal or RealSelf, and the forum IPL and Laser Damage Support, the word is spreading and eventually the damage caused by cosmetic medical devices cannot be denied by cosmetic medical device manufacturers, medical practitioners and med spas around the world.People have been harmed by cosmetic medical devices on every continent of the globe. The side effects from cosmetic lasers and light devices, such as IPL, range from burns, scars, eye damage, systemic illness, orange peel texture skin, extreme dryness, dents in the skin, 'stretched' pores, facial fat loss, facial sagging, and the list goes on. The emotional devastation is immeasurable.
Procedures performed with these devices range from the treatment of acne and rosacea to facial rejuvenation and hair removal. Those treated are often told, "There is little or no 'downtime' ", "It's a lunch time procedure", or "There are few or no risks", "It's safe ". Those who are harmed and have fallen victim to this type of hype and marketing would tell a different story. Lives have been altered forever. Faces have been forever changed. The health of some will never be the same.
Angela's Walker's story is one of the most compelling and well-known stories of what can become of a face, a life, and the psyche following a cosmetic device procedure. Fractional laser side effects devastated Angela Walker. Angela died of a brain aneurysm in October 2009, leaving behind a young son and a grieving family. Angela's mother, Cherry Lane, feels Angela's death was related to the anguish and devastation this treatment caused Angela.
Below are pictures of Angela Walker's face before and after she was treated with a fractional laser.
The first picture was taken the day of Angela's first treatment with a fractional laser. The second picture is how Angela's face looked two years later and bears testimony to the toll and ravages of fractional laser on Angela's skin and face.
