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What's better: IPL or laser? This is a question many people seem to wonder about. Traditionally it's depended on what you’re treating.  However, with some of the newer technology the gap between IPL and lasers has narrowed substantially over the years. Intense pulsed-light systems hit the market in 1996 and no one really knew what exactly they were good for at the time.  The first one on the market (the Photoderm AKA the "PhotoBurn") was touted as being a miracle device that could treat all colors of tattoos, leg veins, pigmented and vascular lesions on all skin types and more.  The problem was the manufacturer and the physicians were still trying to figure what to use it for and what the settings should be.  During that time many people ended up with rectangular burns on various parts of their bodies.  It wasn’t until a physician in California coined the phrase “PhotoFacial” and started offering 5 moderate treatment sessions about 3 weeks apart for treating dysc