
PRE-CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DPL
FOR: HAIR REDUCTION TREATMENT
FOR: SKIN REJUVENATION AND VASCULAR AND PIGMENTED TREATMENT
FOR: ACNE TREATMENT
FOR: INFRARED TREATMENT
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-DISCONTINUE ACCUTANE 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO TREATMENT
-DO NOT EXFOLIATE, USE GLYCOLIC ACID, BENZYL PEROXIDE OR ANY OTHER SKIN IRRITANTS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO/AFTER TREATMENT.
-DISCONTINUE USE OF RETINOIC ACID PRODUCTS 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO TREATMENT.
-AVOID MICRODERMABRASION'S OR PEELS FOR TWO WKS PRIOR TO TREATMENT.
-DISCONTINUE USING BLEACHING CREAMS FOR 2 WKS PRIOR TO TREATMENT AND PERFUMED PRODUCTS FOR 48HRS PRIOR.
-AVOID EPILATING FOR AT LEAST 6 WKS PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST TREATMENT. DO NOT EPILIATE WITH WAXING, SUGARING, PLUCKING, THREADING OR HIAR REMOVAL CREAMS BEFORE AND/OR AFTER IPL TREATMENTS. SHAVING IS PERMITTED AND RECOMMENDED.
-AVOID SUN EXPOSURE, OR THE USE OF TANNING BEDS 4-8 WKS (DEPENDING ON THE SKIN TYPE OF THE CLIENT. AND SELF TANNERS FOR AT LEAST 4 WK, PRIOR AND OR IN BETWEEN IPL TREATMENTS.)
-IF THE SKIN IS RED, IRRITATED OR SUNBURNED, THE TREATMENT MUST BE RESCHEDULED.
-DO NOT USE SUN BLOCKING CREAMS WITHIN 12 HRS OF SCHEDULED TREATMENTS, HOWEVER THE TREATMENT AREA MUST ABSOLUTELY BE PROTECTED FROM SUN EXPOSURE.
-REPORT ALL SKIN DISEASES, VIRUSES, INFECTIONS, COLD SORES, ECZEMA OR ALLERGIES TO TREATING PRACTITIONER.
-REPORT ALL MEDICATION TAKEN WITHIN 3 WKS OF TREATMENT.
-AVOID SWIMMING IN STRONG CHLORINATED WATER BEFORE AN IPL SESSION.
-WAIT 2 WKS PRIOR TO TREATMENT IF JUST COMPLETED BOTOX INJECTIONS, AND 2 WKS FOLLOWING BEFORE BOOKING.
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***POST CARE WILL BE GIVEN AT YOUR SESSION, AS CAN BE SPECIFIC TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT TYPE ***