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Light-based treatments like laser and IPL can be effective, but it's important to check for contraindications before starting. A thorough health history and client consultation should always be carried out, and clients with any of the following need special consideration: darker skin type, history of skin cancer, light sensitivity, medication, infection, or pregnancy. Get written consent before starting any treatment, and be sure to disclose the risks, benefits, and alternatives. Clients under 18 should have a legal guardian's agreement.Read now
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Don’t buy a laser/IPL machine until you read this!
Read nowIf we had a dollar for every time we get asked at Bravura “What machine should I buy” we would be living our dream life on a beach somewhere. Every day we receive unsolicited advertising that is trying to sell...
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Workplace-based and medical device seller’s education may not be ‘up to the job’ for laser and other treatments in cosmetic medicine
Read nowBut why should we expect them to be? Clinics are already working full tilt to deliver client care let alone have the capacity for a robust, evidence based, peer reviewed and comprehensive education program. Many clinics have a handful of...
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Laser and IPL issues so complex that perhaps AHPRA need to be involved say ARPANSA
Read nowWe know that the issues around the use of laser and IPL are far wider reaching than just radiation health. The issue report ARPANSA has to deal with runs to 447 pages and analysis is expected to be lengthy with...
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Laser and IPL Burns: Now What?! by Logue, RE. (2016) Dermascope-the encyclopedia of aesthetics and spa therapy
Read nowIt is 8:30 a.m. You have just turned on the lights to your office and that proverbial phone call rolls in. "I think you have burnt me! I have blisters all over my legs and I could not sleep all...
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Federal funding removed from Graduate Certificate in Intense Pulsed Light and Laser Hair Removal (SIB70110)
Read nowALARMING! A recent petition says "The use of IPL and laser machines in beauty salons has grown dramatically over the past few years. ARPANSA reported around 5000 operators in 2012, and this would probably be closer to 15,000 operators in...
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Negligently failed to properly train and educate staff on the use of lasers
Read now"Negligently failed to properly train and educate staff" on the use of lasers was the finding of a judge in an article reported in USA today where the clinic was sued after a botched laser job when she was left permanently...