Blood Serum crusts after facial IPL

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

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Hi all,

First time poster here - I’ve been getting treatment at About Face, Glasgow, UK. I was having electrolysis but after 5 sessions with little results (and some increase in redness on the treated areas) decided to switch to IPL/VPL. I had a good experience the first session with about 20% reduction in hair, though very patchy. I just had my second session of IPL and I’m experiencing a crazy amount of yellow fluid secretion within 24 hours of the session.

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They are still sort of leaking 24 hours later but are beginning to congeal. From looking around online it looks like this is blood serum coming to the fore which may indicate possible scarring. I didn’t have this issue the first session; but had redness and minor scabbing 24 hours later and was gone within a couple of weeks.

Any advice on how to treat this? Online general advice seems to be to leave alone and hope that the crusts will fall off soon without scarring but I’m absolutely terrified I am doing this wrong. I won’t be using this electrolysist again as the first one was far better, but the clinic seems to assign them pretty much at random based on availability.

Thanks,
Zanabanana

#2

Replying to add: I spoke to a member of staff at the clinic who said to treat it with a warm compress but I worry this will dislodge the serum crusts and cause more scarring.

#3

Hey, thanks for sharing your experience that looks really uncomfortable.

I’ve seen similar reactions in forums when people had IPL on sensitive areas like the face. The yellow crusting seems alarming, but it might just be how some skin types react under stress, especially post-treatment.

I’m not a medical professional, but reading general IPL aftercare helped me understand what’s normal and what’s not. This article gave me some context on what to expect after IPL and how varied the skin’s response can be:

Wishing you a smooth recovery glad you’re documenting it, it’ll definitely help others too.