I’d like to do about 4 treatments of BBL ( 1 treatment every 4-5 weeks). I have lots of sun damage, uneven skin tone, a few broken capillaries and a reddish hue to my skin. I was going to follow up with a halo about 2 months after my last BBL. Can I start this during the summer or should I wait until the fall?
May 3, 2019
Answer: Can you do BBL in Summer You absolutely can do BBL at any time of year, including summer if you can make a commitment to strict sun avoidance. Sun avoidance for 1-2 weeks before is critical for your safety and results - if you arrive with freshly activated melanocytes (pigment producing cells) your chances of a complication like a burn or scar go way up. Your office will need to cancel your appointment or at very least turn it way down, cutting into your results and possibly resulting in a lost deposit.After BBL, your melanocytes are open and vunerable. If you get sun during the 1-2 weeks after, you can end up with far more sun damage than you started with. At any time of year, you can commit to reducing time outside to early morning and twilight while wearing a hat, scarf and good quality zinc or titanium containing sunscreen. In our office, we also sell a wide range of hats and visors which have neck and face flaps which can be worn when you need more protection and taken off for wear when you don't need as much protection. It's a perfect tool for before and after Halo, too!
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May 3, 2019
Answer: Can you do BBL in Summer You absolutely can do BBL at any time of year, including summer if you can make a commitment to strict sun avoidance. Sun avoidance for 1-2 weeks before is critical for your safety and results - if you arrive with freshly activated melanocytes (pigment producing cells) your chances of a complication like a burn or scar go way up. Your office will need to cancel your appointment or at very least turn it way down, cutting into your results and possibly resulting in a lost deposit.After BBL, your melanocytes are open and vunerable. If you get sun during the 1-2 weeks after, you can end up with far more sun damage than you started with. At any time of year, you can commit to reducing time outside to early morning and twilight while wearing a hat, scarf and good quality zinc or titanium containing sunscreen. In our office, we also sell a wide range of hats and visors which have neck and face flaps which can be worn when you need more protection and taken off for wear when you don't need as much protection. It's a perfect tool for before and after Halo, too!
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May 3, 2019
Answer: It depends on you Bbl is perfectly safe any time of the year. Whether you should do the treatment at that time really depends on you and your habits. If you are a sitting by a pool or at the beach all summer getting sun it’s probably best to avoid BBL (or modify your habits), if you are good with a zinc oxide sunscreen and really don’t get much sun (no color) during summer BBL is perfectly fine. Remember docs who work in Florida, Arizona and California use BBL all the time.
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May 3, 2019
Answer: It depends on you Bbl is perfectly safe any time of the year. Whether you should do the treatment at that time really depends on you and your habits. If you are a sitting by a pool or at the beach all summer getting sun it’s probably best to avoid BBL (or modify your habits), if you are good with a zinc oxide sunscreen and really don’t get much sun (no color) during summer BBL is perfectly fine. Remember docs who work in Florida, Arizona and California use BBL all the time.
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