PhiLings Eligibility   

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Ideally you have to be a healthy candidate for this treatment.

 

This treatment is unsuitable if:

 

• you are allergic to topical numbing cream that is Lidocaine or Benzocaine based

• you have a phobia about needles

• you expect no swelling, bleeding and bruising the next few days

• you expect no pain from PhiLon. Microneedling is not generally painful

• you are planning to wear makeup for the next few days

• you have a fresh suntan. Wait 15 days after the tan subsides.

• you are unable to stay out of the sun for 4 weeks (going on a sun holiday)

• you have an important event coming up in the next 4 weeks (weddings and other social gatherings)

• you on certain meds such as anticoagulants

• you have an autoimmune condition

• you have uncontrolled diabetes

• you have a heart condition

• you are prone to keloids or hyper / hypo pigmentation

• the area that needs to be worked on has any kind of skin infections including fungal, viral and bacterial.

• you have active acne