1 WEEKS PRIOR TO TREATMENT:
- AVOID IMMUNIZATIONS OF ALL KINDS PRIOR TO TREATMENT TO PREVENT ADVERSE EVENTS POST-PROCEDURE
- AVOID TAKING BLOOD-THINNING MEDICATIONS FOR 48 HOURS BEFORE THE PROCEDURE AS THEY MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF BRUISING AND BLEEDING. SUCH DRUGS INCLUDE ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN, MOTRIN, ADVIL, ALEVE, NUPRIN, CELEBREX, INCLUDING HIGH DOSES OF VITAMIN E AND FISH OIL.
- AVOID ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 24 HOURS BEFORE TREATMENT TO PREVENT CHANCES OF BLEEDING AND BRUISING.
- AVOID TOPICAL PRODUCTS LIKE RETINOLS, RETINOID, GLYCOLIC ACID, RENIN-A (TRETINOIN), OR OTHER ANTI-AGING PRODUCTS.
- IF YOU SUFFER FROM COLD SORES/FEVER BLISTER, TAKE VALTREX DAY OF TREATMENT TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK