How Should We Do to Prepare for Laser Therapy?

Laser therapy is the application of levels of laser light to injured or damaged body areas. It is now commonly used to help relieve pain, repair damaged tissue, as well as for other beauty purposes. Laser therapy is no longer a new method to many people. It is a treatment that ensures you will not feel pain, or suffer any unexpected side effects. To make sure you have no difficulties during and after taking this treatment, we recommend you ways to prepare for your laser therapy.

Necessary preparation

Laser therapy is being used in many areas of the body for many different purposes. Therefore, for each of the procedure, you should notice on how to take care of the pre-treated areas. Forage, brown spots or any type of skin treatment, or for hair removal, the preparation should include:

• Avoid direct sunlight, waxing, and any chemical substances injected into the skin for two weeks before the procedure.
• Avoid perfumes, lotions and any irritants in the areas before and after treatment.
• Avoid aspirin, drugs, and herbal supplements that could increase the possibilities of bleeding
• Take photographs of areas before and after treatment so you can have a look at the comparison and evaluate the improvement
• You would not want to affect your skin such as bleaching or waxing for 2 weeks before treatment. However, you can clip or shave hair as close to the skin as possible before removing.
• Feel free to talk with your doctor about your concern and you could come up with a pain prevention plan along with doctor’s advice. But do not too afraid, most people find laser treatment painless at all.
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After-treatment care

Another noticeable point is the after-treatment. The recovery from laser therapy depends on the type of procedure you have. Within a few days after treatment, you should stay home, this would help to reduce the chance of infection and fasten the healing.

There can be some temporary side effects. If you have any feelings of warm, burn, or itching, you should use cool cloths or cool packs to relieve them. Don’t worry as they only last for a few hours.

In addition, some outer signals such as redness, mild swelling and blotches may happen in some sensitive areas but they only last 3 to 4 days. Avoiding exercises, alcohol, hot tubs for 24 hours are also recommended.

After laser therapy, you should prevent the treated areas from the sunlight at least 4 weeks. No matter what treatment you take, skin protection and providing the moisture for the skin are very necessary. Use specialized skincare products and have a healthy diet, drink plenty of water are also ways to keep your treatment results maximizing the effects and long lasting.