ICON CONTRAINDICATIONS

Allergies

• Ingredients in the numbing medication and application like Lidocaine, benzocaine, and latex.

Medications

• Review both prescription and non-prescription medications. Be sure to include herbal and natural remedies as some of these may cause photosensitivity. For those taking photosensitizing medication, perform test spots 24 hours up to one week before considering treatment. Clients who are currently taking blood thinning medications or anti-coagulants should be treated with caution.

Blood Disorders

• Clients with conditions or taking medications that alters the ability of the blood to coagulate should be treated with caution after consultation with their managing physician.

Tretinoin and Topical Retinoids

• Although use in the area to be treated is not absolutely contraindicated, it is known to make skin more sensitive and prone to exfoliation.

Exfoliating Creams

• Discontinue the use of exfoliating creams and other exfoliating products two weeks prior to and during the entire treatment course.

Heat Urticaria

• Those with a history of heat urticaria may develop hives with exposure to light pulses.

Herpes I or II

• Before treatment, candidates should consult their primary care physician for medical evaluation and possible prophylaxis to minimize the chance of a herpetic breakout. A small percentage of persons may experience an activation of oral herpes simplex virus infection within 5-10 days after the procedure, even with appropriate prophylaxis.

Botulinums

• There is a possibility for increased diffusion of Botulinums, such as Botox® due to edema associated with facial light-based treatment. This may result in facial asymmetry, to minimize this risk it is recommended waiting a minimum of 4 weeks after injections before performing facial light-based treatments.

Diabetes

• Those to be treated should obtain clearance from their primary care physician.

Pigmented Lesions

• If treating over a suspicious pigmented lesion, the lesion must be diagnosed as benign by a qualified practitioner prior to treatment. Inaccurate diagnosis and inadvertent treatment of a skin cancer may lead to a delay in the person receiving proper medical care.

Sunspots are usu­al­ly iden­ti­fied by these characteristics:

• Smooth to the touch
• Not raised or flat on the skin
• Appear on areas of skin that have had pro­longed sun expo­sure like the hands, arms and face.

Skin can­cers, on the oth­er hand, typ­i­cal­ly have these characteristics:

• Appear any­where on the body — even on areas of the skin that are not exposed to the sun

Cosmetic Dermal Fillers/Implants

• This Handpiece has not been evaluated or tested on areas with cosmetic dermal fillers, neurotoxins, or implants.

Sun Exposure

• Unprotected sun exposure, use of tanning beds or creams in areas to be treated. Protected sun exposure means wearing protective clothing and the daily use of a SPF-45 or greater sunscreen.
• Those being treated should be advised to discontinue indoor and outdoor tanning, four weeks prior to treatment and during the treatment course and four to six weeks after treatment. This will reduce the chance of skin color changes and manifestation of new pigmented lesions.

Menstrual dysfunction/Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

• Those with menstrual dysfunction, such as PCOS and/or ovarian hyperandrogenism, may have unpredictable results. These subjects tend to have hirsutism secondary to their disease and should consult a primary care physician before a light-based treatment.

Mechanical Epilation

• Advise hair removal clients to avoid any mechanical epilation such as waxing, tweezing, electrolysis, etc., during the treatment course.

Autoimmune Disease

• Vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, allergic dermatites, diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders that affect your connective tissues — primarily your skin, joints and blood vessel walls.

Scleroderma

• Scleroderma is a group of diseases causing hardening and tightening of skin and connective tissues. It occurs due to over production of the protein called collagen in the skin tissues.

Paradoxical hair growth

• This can occur in people of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean descent and those who have an ill-defined hair line with no obvious transition of the hairline to the face. These clients are at a high risk for hair stimulation and should be advised of this phenomenon before treating.