Veet Infini'Silk, User Manual

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effect and means to immediately stop using Veet
®
Infini’Silk
TM
, or because you can not tolerate the feeling
accompanied by hair reduction or because the intensity of selected energy is too high.
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Skin redness
Immediately after using Veet
®
Infini’Silk
TM
or 24 hours after using Veet
®
Infini’Silk
TM
the skin may turn red.
Generally, the redness goes away within 24 hours. If the redness does not go away within two or three
days, immediately contact your family doctor.
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Increased skin sensitivity
The treated areas are more sensitive, it is therefore possible that the skin will be drier or peel.
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Burns and skin sores
Rarely after treatment sores and burns may appear on the skin. Healing of skin sores and burns may take
several weeks and especially in rare cases they may leave a scar.
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Scars
Although this phenomenon is rare, it can happen. Usually, when scars appear, they look like a flat and
white incision in the skin (hypotrophic scar). However, the scar may be large and red (hypertrophic scar)
and even spread beyond the edges of the wound itself (keloid, excessive scarring). You may need to
undergo additional aesthetic treatments to remove the scars. You must consult a doctor.
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Pigmentation changes
Veet
®
Infini’Silk
TM
treats the actual hairs, and more specifically the pigmentation cells in the hair follicles
and the hair follicles themselves. Nevertheless, there is a risk of hyper-pigmentation (an increase in
pigments or changing the skin tone to a brown shade) or hypo-pigmentation (skin tone change to
white tone) in the skin around the hairs. People with darker skin are at higher risk for changes in skin
pigmentation.Generally, any change in the shade or skin pigmentation is temporary and only rarely is
there hyper- or hypo-pigmentation.
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Significant swelling and redness
In rare cases, redness and swelling of the patient's skin may develop in the treated area. The effect is
more common in sensitive areas of the body. Typically, redness and swelling persists for between two to
seven days and should be treated by placing ice compresses on the area frequently and referring to a
physician immediately. You can also clean the area gently. Avoid exposure to the sun.
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Infection
Cases of skin infection are very rare but still there is a risk of infection after a burn or wound on the skin
due to the use Veet ® Infini’Silk TM . Immediately to seek medical advice.
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Bruises
Very rarely Veet
®
Infini’Silk
TM
use may cause some blue-violet bruises that usually go away within 5 to
10 days. If the bruises do not disappear seek medical advice. As the bruises they may change color to
reddish-brown skin (hyper-pigmentation).