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Is Photofacial Good for Olive Skin or Will It Do More Harm Than Good?
Asked 28 months ago by
pkslp in newport beach
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You need a personal consultation with a physician who performs photofacial
Photofacial is intense pulse light based therapy that targets colored structures in the skin called chromophores. The melanin in the skin is one of the chromophores that this treatment targets. So individuals with dark olive skin or darker present a challenge for these types of treatments. If the spots that need to be treated are significantly darker than the surrounding skin, it is often possible to selectively treat these even if the surrounding skin is olive.
However, there is a risk...
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