Will getting HALO on thin-skinned neck (no neck fat) damage thyroid gland (that has Hashimoto’s autoimmune thyroid disease)?

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I plan to get HALO on my face & would love to also get HALO on my neck too . However, I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid disease, and I'm worried the HALO laser on neck would further damage my thyroid gland. My neck skin is very thin and I have no extra fat in my neck to protect my thyroid gland. Will getting HALO on thin-skinned neck (no fat) damage my thyroid gland (that has Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid disease)?

Rebecca Gelber, MD · Answer

Great question and I'm glad that you're researching your aesthetic treatment.

The good news is that it can't. Halo laser, even on the deepest possible settings only penetrates the upper layer of skin and into the middle of the middle layer of skin. The wavelength doesn't go deeper that that - not into the muscle or certainly not deeper into something like the thyroid.

That is part of what makes it possible with Halo to even treat over the very thin skin of the eyelid without harming the eye.

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