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Will drinking alcohol after IPL effect results?

nznurse123Sep 20, 2014
Hi (: I had IPL done for the second time (2 weeks apart) on a broken capillary. The night after (over 24 hours after) I had a fair amount of alcohol and I was wondering if the alcohol would effect my final IPL results? Thanks

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Dr. F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)
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Answered on Mar 16, 2017
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