Syneron ELOS Arora IPL/RF -- Need advice

I know someone recommended that IPL is not good, but I need more responses besides from this one person. I am thining of getting a test patch done soon with the ELOS since there are no Nd:Yags near where I live and this seems to be the best alternative. Is IPL or RF more dangerous than a Yag laser if things go wrong?

I had one consultation, and they will charge me $1,000 for my upper beard (8-10 treatments). Each treatment by itself would cost $200.

I think RJC2001 had ELOS treatments. Can anyone post a link to a thread (I can’t search older than one year) that I can get more info on ELOS treatments?

Has Syneron come out with a better version of ELOS recently? The person at the clinic I visited could not tell me how old their machine is.