IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light. It is a light energy that is applied to certain parts of the body, so that the target structure - whether it be hair or blood vessel in the skin - absorbs the energy and is destroyed.

IPL is not the same as laser, although it is similar. The main difference is that laser (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is a technique of producing light energy of only one wavelength. IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) uses white light which contains all the wavelengths of visible light from red to blue. However, to concentrate the treatments on different structures, filters are used to reduce certain wavelengths that are not needed.

The IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) machine produces a sudden burst of light which is channeled down some fibreoptic tubes into a hand-piece. The hand-piece is held on the skin at the point where treatment is needed and light energy is transmitted to the skin. The equipment has an in-built cooling system which makes the treatment very confortable.


Different people have different skin colour, different hair colour and also different hair thickness. As such, our trained therapists will assess your skin, colour of hair and thickness of hair to see what the appropriate settings and power are needed for your IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) treatment.