Ipl stands for intense pulsed light to get a more accurate treatment a small hand piece is used to pass light energy to certain areas of the body ipl is not the same to laser although it is similar laser only produces on light energy wavelength whereas ipl uses a white light which contains all wavelengths visible from red to blue an ipl machine produces a sudden burst of light which is passed down fibreoptic tubes into the hand piece the therapist will apply a cooling gel to the area bein