Rare Side Effects - Philips Lumea Advanced Manual

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Dry skin and itching may occur due to shaving or a combination of
shaving and light treatment. You can cool the area with an ice pack
or a wet face cloth. If dryness persists, you can apply a non-scented
moisturizer on the treated area 24 hours after the treatment.

Rare side effects

- Burns, excessive redness (e.g. around hair follicles) and swelling:
these reactions occur rarely. They are the result of using a light
intensity that is too high for your skin tone. If these reactions do
not disappear within 3 days, we advise you to consult a doctor.
Wait with the next treatment until the skin has healed completely
and make sure you use a lower light intensity.
- Skin discoloration: this occurs very rarely. Skin discoloration manifests
itself as either a darker patch (hyperpigmentation) or a lighter patch
(hypopigmentation) than the surrounding area. This is the result
of using a light intensity that is too high for your skin tone. If the
discoloration does not disappear within 2 weeks, we advise you to
consult a doctor. Do not treat discolored areas until the discoloration
has disappeared and your skin has regained its normal skin tone.
- Skin infection is very rare but is a possible risk following a (micro)
wound, a skin burn, skin irritation etc.
- Epidermal heating (a sharply defined brownish area which often
occurs with darker skin tones and is not accompanied with skin
dryness): This reaction occurs very rarely. In case this reaction does
not disappear within 1 week, we advise you to consult a doctor.
Wait with the next treatment until the skin has healed completely
and make sure you use a lower light intensity.
- Blistering (looks like small bubbles on the surface of the skin): this
occurs very rarely. In case this reaction does not disappear within
1 month or when the skin gets infected, we advise you to consult
a doctor. Wait with the next treatment until the skin has healed
completely and make sure you use a lower light intensity.
- Scarring: often the secondary effect of a burn, which can take
longer than a month to heal.