Learn to reduce pigmentation safely with IPL and the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. This course takes you from the skin science behind pigment, through consultation, patch testing and treatment technique, to aftercare, complications and knowing when to refer.
Accredited CPD course: 12 CPD credits
The CPD Group accredited activity #1014243. Skintastic Aesthetic Lasers Ltd is an approved CPD provider (#777800). This is a CPD course: it is not a regulated qualification and carries no qualification level.
What this course covers
- Health and safety, UK laser and IPL regulation, the Laser Protection Adviser and Local Rules, and laser safety.
- The skin, the melanocyte, how pigment is made, what damages it, and what causes pigmentation.
- The types of pigmentation, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and which marks must be referred rather than treated.
- Consultation, Fitzpatrick skin typing, contraindications and patch testing.
- How IPL and the Q-switched Nd:YAG (1064 nm and 532 nm) work, and how to choose between them.
- Treatment technique, clinical endpoints, treating darker skin types, aftercare and managing complications.
- Other treatment methods, when to refer, and the client forms and records you need.
How it works
The course is blended: 7 hours of home study, then one classroom day of teaching and supervised practice on two volunteer models, one with IPL and one with the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. You finish with a final assessment and two observed practical sign-offs, and your certificate is issued only when all parts are complete. Results vary and none is guaranteed.
Hours and entry requirements
12 CPD credits. Accredited by The CPD Group, activity #1014243. Skintastic Aesthetic Lasers Ltd is an approved CPD provider (#777800). This is a CPD course: it does not carry a qualification level.
Entry requirements: Core of Knowledge in the safe use of lasers and intense light sources (essential); an existing laser and IPL qualification or equivalent experience (essential); device-specific training on the IPL and Q-switched Nd:YAG you will use (essential before you treat); public liability and professional indemnity insurance covering pigmentation treatment (essential before you treat); aged 18 or over (essential). Recognition of Prior Learning is accepted for the entry requirements but never for the practical element.
