Laser Depilation / Recommendations

Safety recommendations for Laser Depilation

The Spanish Society of Cosmetic Medicine (SEME) has warned of the dangers of submitting to laser depilation treatment without medical supervision, as serious health complications may present if the laser depilation or photodepilation is performed by those without adequate training.  To avoid risks, the SEME has drawn up a Decalogue of recommendations which covers all the procedures and the basic information which the specialist must provide to the patient:

DECALOGUE

• First: Take a medical history of the patient in order to prevent any potential adverse reactions or unwanted side effects.
• Second: Analyse the type of hair and skin, as laser depilation or photodepilation must be adapted to its characteristics.
• Third: Provide detailed information about the technique to be used.
• Fourth: The patient must sign a consent form in which he/she declares to have been duly informed and expressly authorises the depilation.
• Fifth: Establish any medications the patient may be taking, given that some may cause hair growth, photosensitivity or phototoxic, photo-allergic or photo-dynamising reactions.
• Sixth: Abstain from sunbathing for a month prior to the treatment, as the application of the laser upon tanned skins may produce burns.
• Seventh: Depilation is absolutely contraindicated in patients treated with 13-cis-retinoic acid, those who are photo-sensitive, have a fever or an acute infection.
• Eigth: Special precautions must be taken with patients who suffer from recurrent herpes, with black or very dark-skinned patients and with pregnant or breast-feeding women.
• Ninth: Normally, the side effects (reddening of the skin and small inflammations) are transitory and unimportant but in less than one per cent of all patients the treatment may cause folliculitis, hyperpigmentation, scabs, erosions, scars, photophobia, transitory increase in pilosity or palpebral oedema.
• Tenth: If the laser is accidentally applied to the eyes or incorrect skin areas, it may cause conjunctivitis, opacity of the cornea, difficulty in perceiving blue and green colours, burns and scars.

The Clinical Capillary Institute has the latest technology in Laser Depilation, with specialist medical and healthcare personnel, complying with all established legislation in relation to laser depilation.

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