4. Using the Boots Smooth Skin system continued
Bikini line
Check the skin tone of the area you’re treating
using the Skin Tone chart on page 2.
One useful tip is to use white cotton underwear
or a g-string as a guide to show you the line
to follow.
Start from the edge of the hair growth and work
towards areas where the hair is denser.
Avoid overlapping treatments. If necessary use
a cooling gel pack, kept in the fridge and not
frozen, to cool the area after treatment.
do noT use dark coloured underwear because
this may absorb some of the energy from the
light pulse.
do noT treat the delicate, highly sensitive
areas such as the inner area of the vagina
(known as the Labia Minora) as this is a mucous
membrane and treatment will cause a serious
adverse reaction.
do noT treat directly on the anus as this is also
a mucous membrane and treatment to this area
can cause serious adverse reaction.
Face and neck
Avoid starting a treatment on your face when you
know you will be exposing your face to sunlight
in the following 24 hours. If you are going into
the sun following a treatment take care to shade
the treated area from direct sunlight using a hat
or parasol.
Using the Boots Smooth Skin system to remove
unwanted hair on your face is a slightly different
process to that used for removing unwanted
hair on your body, for this reason please read
this section thoroughly before proceeding.
Before starting a treatment it is important to
prepare your skin properly and complete a
patch test to check your skin does not have a
reaction to the Boots Smooth Skin system or
the Activator Gel. See page 10 of the user guide
for more information.
Skin on the face and neck is exposed to natural
UV light daily, even when it’s cloudy. When
treating your face and neck, be sure to select
the dARK skin tone setting on your Smooth Skin,
this is the most gentle of the three settings.
do noT use other Boots Smooth Skin power
settings when treating the face and neck as this
may cause injury.
If you use a mirror to help you correctly position
the handset when treating your face and neck,
look away before firing because the flash is
very bright.
After treatment avoid exposing the treated area
to the sun for at least 24 hours. Use an SPF
30+ fragrance-free sun lotion regularly after
24 hours and for at least 2 weeks following
the treatment.
do noT sun tan or use sun beds for at least
4 weeks after a treatment.
Protect any moles, birthmarks etc. or patches of
sensitive skin in the treatment area using white
card or thick white paper to cover the marks
and reflect the energy of the flash.
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