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4. Contraindications
Silk’n Glide™ is not designed for everyone. Please read and consider the information in the following section
before use. For further information and personalized advice you may also visit www.silkn.com or your local
Silk’n™ domain.
Hair removal by lasers or intense pulse light sources can cause increased hair growth in some individuals. Based
upon currently available data, the highest risk groups for this response are females of Mediterranean, Middle
Eastern and South Asian heritage treated on the face and neck.
Important Safety Information – Read Before Use!
Warning
Possible results
Safety Tip
Do not use Silk’n Glide™
on the naturally darkest
skin complexion.
See hair and skin color chart
on the package.
Treating dark skin with Silk’n
Glide™ can result in adverse effects
such as redness and skin discomfort
A unique SKIN COLOR SENSOR
is embedded in Silk’n Glide™ to
measure the treated skin complexion
at the beginning of each session and
occasionally during the session. The
SKIN COLOR SENSOR ensures that
pulses will only be emitted on suitable
skin tones.
Do not use Silk’n Glide™
energy levels 2-5 on tanned
skin or after recent sun
exposure (including artificial
tanning machines).
Do not expose treated
areas to the sun.
Treating with Silk’n Glide™ energy
levels 2-5 before or after any sun ex-
posure can result in adverse effects
such as redness and skin discomfort.
Tanned skin particularly following sun
exposure, contains large quantities of
the pigment Melanin.
This applies to all skin types and com-
plexions, including those which don’t
seem to tan quickly. The presence of
large quantities of Melanin exposes
the skin to higher risk when using any
method of light based hair removal.
If you are using any energy level
higher than the lowest, avoid
exposure to the sun for 4 weeks
before and 2 weeks after your Silk’n
Glide™ treatment! Sun exposure
includes unprotected exposure to
direct sunlight of over 15 minutes
constantly, or unprotected exposure
to diffused sunlight of over 1 hour
constantly. To protect recently
treated skin when exposed to
sunlight, be sure to thoroughly
apply sunscreen SPF 30 or higher,
for 2 weeks after each hair removal
session.
Not Safe!