How often should I get Ellacor after the first 2-3 sessions?
December 8, 2022
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Ellacor is said to provide optimal results after 3 treatments. Once you have gone through those initial treatments and achieved those results, how often should you go back for refresher treatments to maintain the results? Once a year?
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Dear RealSelf Admin,Yes, it is completely safe to have Ellacor if you have a history of herpes simplex or herpes zoster (shingles). If you have an active outbreak in the treatment area, you would likely be advised to wait until it has passed. What you’re reading about is due to Ellacor, like a...
Hmmm... I'm rereading the contraindications. Facial implants typically are much deeper than Ellacor goes. I think risk of infection to the implant would be the concern and I think I would just pretreat (like standard surgery) with antibiotics and take them also for 1-3 days after the Ellacor...
While looking at the design of these two devices they look as though they are similar procedures, however it is the intention of them that is different. Ellacor is intended to be a bob-surgical skin removal device, while also working to tighten the skin. Microneedling procedures such as Fractora...