Five years ago, an ultrasound of my throat revealed 2 lesions in the left lobe of my thyroid. My doctor seemed unconcerned and no follow-up was done. Recently I had IPL on my neck for sun damage, and a couple of weeks after my second treatment, I noticed an external sore spot on the left side of my throat. It had swelled and spread to the right side. Blood tests showed that I have an over-active thyroid. Could the IPL treatments have triggered this? Has this ever happened to anyone else? Thank you.
It is unlikely that the IPL treatments triggered an abnormality in your thyroid. If you already had an underlying thyroid disease, there is a very small possibility that the treatment could have exacerbated your thyroid problem, but again this is unlikely.
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