Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy, or photofacial, is a light based treatment to improve the color of your skin without surgery. It can undo some of the visible damage caused by sun exposure — called photoaging. IPL may help if you have red, brown, or splotchy skin. Unlike lasers, an IPL device sends out more than one wavelength of pulsating light. It can treat a range of skin conditions at the same time. IPL treatments can make you look younger because they remove/improve the color of the skin and remove blotchiness. Sometimes some improvement in texture is also seen. The treatments are a short in office procedure with little to no down time. Like all light based treatments, this should not be done when the skin is tanned.