- Pregnancy, breast-feeding, post-partum period
- Cancer (ongoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy)
- Hormonal treatment
– individual hormonal therapy
– infertility treatment
– thyroid disease treatment - Medication
– antibiotics (break between the last dose and the treatment is a minimum of 4 weeks)
– anticoagulants (blood thinners)
– aspirin
– retinoids (break between the last dose and the treatment is a minimum of 6 montha)
– photosensitisers - Cosmetics with:
– retinol
– vitamins A, C and E
– fruit acids - Herbal Remedies (stop use a week before treatment)
– St John’s Wort, calendula
– herbal slimming teas
– herbal antidepressants - Tanning
– sun tanning
– sun bed (stop use 4 weeks before treatment)
– self – tanning creams (stop use 4 weeks before treatment) - Exfoliating products should be stopped a week before the procedure
- Bleeding disorders
- Untreated diabetes
- History of keloids
- Hypertension
- Dermatological skin changes
– herpes
– inflammation
– nevus (moles, beauty marks etc)
– photodermatoses (skin sensitivity to the sun)
– eczemas
– hyperpigmentation
– psoriasis
– reticularis (mottled skin)
– vitiligo (relative contraindications) - Open wounds
- Allergic skin reactions
- Epilepsy (relative contraindication)
- HIV
- Pacemaker
- Alcohol (24 hours before and after)
