Teribble Cold Sore After Three Sessions of IPL, Can I Do IPL in the Future?

May 6, 2013
Asked By:Ninana

I did three sessions of IPL last year, it was fantastic. However, I've got terrible cold sore a couple of weeks later before my period, and had another cold sore a month later. I've never had it before. It's really nasty that I even had to take antiviral pills. My GP told me that I should avoid doing IPL in the future. Is it true that I will get cold sore again if I do IPL in the future?

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