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What should you know about IPL or cosmetic laser reviews? How about the Sciton BBL or the Palomar Starlux?

Here’s what a physician has to say about these new technologies:

The reason that the Palomar Starlux 500 has a separate handpiece instead of filters is for a couple of reasons. The filters in these less effective units are dichroic, meaning that they reflect the unintended light back so not to reach the target or skin. Dichroic filters are only effective with lasers because only those photons on a 45 degree angle will be reflected back. As you should know IPL stands for intense pulsed light and the light scatters. So if you are trying to reflect light on a fliter coming in at only 45 degrees then you are going to have light pass through the filter because IPL light is scattered and photons will be coming in at angles 30 degrees, 39 degrees, 60 degrees, etc. You get my point.

Second Palomar uses a dual filter. You can read about it in their literature. There are dichroic filters and absorbtive filters. If any light passes through the dichroic filter then the absorptive filter will catch the remaining light that does not need to pass through. So when you compare the light spectrums of what is actually coming out of a Palomar handpiece vs. the Sciton BBL you will get the exact IPL range (525nm – 1200nm for example) to pass through. Because there is an absorptive filter the head would get hot. So Palomar has a cooling mechanism that circulates water through the handpiece to keep it cool. Also it has a contact cooling mechanism which is far superior than the Sciton BBL. If you think all this is BS then check with Palomar for the white paper. I did and so should you.

Sooooo….what does this mean for you?? You have a much more specific IPL that is safer, more powerful and more effective. You can hit the same spot on the face with Palomar’s IPL and not burn anyone, but with the BBL that is not the case. Also, the energy levels of the BBL do not compare with the Palomar. You can get a cheaper IPL on the market with the same amount of energy output as the BBL.

Good to know if you’re looking for laser hair removal or photofacials.

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