IPL, or Intense Pulsed Light, treats pigmentation, redness and unwanted hair using broad-spectrum light rather than a single laser wavelength. Kirei Clinic delivers IPL on the Lynton Excelight, built by the UK’s leading IPL manufacturer and a supplier to the NHS.
What Does IPL Treat?
IPL treats sun spots, age spots, freckles, uneven skin tone and mild melasma. Melasma is prone to flaring with the wrong treatment, so your practitioner always assesses melasma carefully at consultation rather than treating the condition as standard. IPL also treats post-inflammatory pigmentation, diffuse redness, rosacea flushing, thread veins and port wine stains. Beyond pigmentation and redness, IPL supports general skin rejuvenation and mild skin tightening. Your clinician reviews your skin at consultation and confirms whether IPL fits your concern, or whether a different technology serves you better. For a fuller picture of your pigmentation options, read our Pigmentation and Sun Damage page. If redness, flushing or visible veins concern you, read our Redness, Rosacea and Thread Veins page.
IPL Hair Removal
The same Excelight device delivers permanent hair reduction, treating unwanted hair on the face and body through a course of sessions timed to your hair growth cycle. This sits alongside the clinic’s pigmentation and redness treatments as its own consultation and treatment plan. Read our Unwanted Hair page for more on how this works.
Why Kirei Clinic?
Dr Mei, Dr Rosie and Louise all deliver your IPL treatment alongside CO2 laser, picosecond laser and other energy-based treatments at Kirei Clinic, with who treats you on the day set by booking availability. Every IPL session sits within a full-face assessment, so your treatment plan reflects your whole skin, not one patch treated in isolation. Your practitioner reviews your skin, discusses your goals and confirms whether IPL, another laser or a combination approach fits your concern.
FAQs
What does IPL treat?
Sun spots, age spots, freckles, uneven skin tone, mild melasma, post-inflammatory pigmentation, rosacea-related redness, broken capillaries, port wine stains, mild skin tightening and unwanted hair.
Is IPL the same as laser?
No. IPL uses broad-spectrum light across multiple wavelengths, while lasers use a single, focused wavelength. Both treat pigmentation and tone, but suit slightly different concerns.
Does IPL have downtime?
Little to none for most patients. Some redness sometimes occurs immediately after treatment and usually settles within a few hours to a day.
Does IPL remove hair permanently?
IPL delivers permanent hair reduction over a course of sessions, timed to your hair growth cycle. Individual response varies, and this is discussed at consultation.
What device does Kirei Clinic use for IPL?
The Lynton Excelight, built by the UK’s leading IPL manufacturer and a supplier to the NHS.
Available in Leeds
Kirei Clinic delivers IPL from our Leeds city centre clinic. Dr Mei, Dr Rosie and Louise all deliver treatment as part of the wider Kirei Clinic team, following the same full-face assessment approach.