- Use a high SPF sun protection after treatment
- Avoid extremes of hot or cold, which may induce sweating for 24 hours (no sauna or cryotherapy!)
- No AHA creams for 14 days
- Avoid any retinol products for 5-7 days
- Avoid alcohol for 24 hours
- Use products with an intensive moisturizing effect
Protect Your Skin
When choosing a sunscreen, it’s best to use one with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher. If you received your PRX-T33 biorevitalization treatment on your face, we recommend selecting a facial-specific non-comedogenic sunscreen with a minimum of 50 SPF. Take care to thoroughly apply a liberal amount of product, and massage it deeply into your skin.
You should always reapply your sunscreen every two hours when outdoors or as directed on the product’s package. We recommend applying more frequently when in direct light or in an environment that can cause the sun to reflect from additional angles.
Cleanse Gently
You should always take care to be gentle with your skin, but the area you received your PRX-T33 biorevitalization retreatment on should be treated with delicacy. After application of PRX-T33, the treated area may still have some transient heat, and it is not uncommon to see swelling, redness, and tenderness of the skin.
These side effects will typically dissipate pretty quickly, but they do have the potential to last up to a week. Even if you aren’t experiencing any swelling, redness, or tenderness of the skin, it is still recommended that you take extra care of the treated area for seven days.
Only use cool water and a gentle, non-comedogenic cleanser on the treated area. Take care not to wash the area too roughly; scrubbing or excessive rubbing can result in swelling and redness. Make sure you pat dry any skin that you have cleansed with a soft cloth. After the seven days have passed, you should be cleared to resume your previous skincare routine and go back to using all of your favorite products.
Avoid Salicylic Acid Products, Additional Treatments, and Makeup
If you received your treatment on your face, do not use makeup for a minimum of 24 hours. Although you may have favorite products that you use all the time, some ingredients may cause a reaction with your freshly treated skin. Some makeup products, primarily foundations and primers, contain salicylic acid, which, when applied to the treated area, could cause a severe reaction.
Salicylic acid is a type of medicine that is found in many products and is used to treat everything from acne to dandruff. Because of its exfoliating properties, salicylic acid works by helping to shed dead cells on the outermost layer of your skin. 3 For this reason, applying a product that has salicylic acid to an area that has been recently treated with PRX-T33 can result in serious irritation.
After receiving PRX-T33, it is also advised that you do not receive any other cosmetic treatments in the same area for one week. You don’t want to do anything to interfere with the healing process and potentially spoil your fantastic results.
After your PRX-T33 procedure, you’re going to want to moisturize more frequently than you typically do during the seven-day period after treatment. To get the most radiant results, you need to ensure that your skin is consistently well hydrated.
Experiencing dryness or flaking after PRX-T33 treatment is not uncommon. Moisturizing regularly can help prevent it from happening in the first place and will minimize the flaking if you do experience side effects from the peel.
It is sometimes tempting to purchase a moisturizer with exotic ingredients, but make sure you are using a fragrance-free, non-comedogenic formula after your biorevitalization treatment. Save their use for after your healing period has passed. You don’t want to create any combinations that may be potentially irritating because they could lengthen healing time and dull your results.
For the best results, any situation or environment that could cause excessive sweating should be avoided during the healing period. And yes, that includes exercise.
Causing your PRX-T33 treated skin to sweat excessively can lead to serious irritation and can potentially mess up your ideal results. If you are already experiencing swelling or redness as a side effect, sweating can exacerbate that effect, resulting in extreme discomfort. Sweating can also cause the skin to heal unevenly, resulting in discoloration or red patches.
After your five to seven-day healing period, you should be cleared to resume all your regular activities. Then it’s back to normal! You can go back to your established skincare routine. If you typically use retinoids or are thinking about adding them to your routine, you can resume use after the healing period.
If you wear makeup, you’ll be able to resume using any products that might contain medicinal ingredients, like foundation or primer with salicylic acid.