Profhilo Aftercare —
Let The Gel Spread

When you leave there is a raised bump at each point, with mild redness and tenderness. The bumps are the gel itself and flatten as it disperses; see Profhilo at Atelier.

Do

• In the evening, wash gently with lukewarm water and a mild cleanser, then pat dry.
• Use a plain moisturiser if your skin feels tight.
• Rest a cool compress lightly on a tender point for short spells.
• Take paracetamol if you need pain relief.
• Sleep on your back, head slightly raised, while the points are tender.
• Outdoors, tinted sunscreen on intact skin away from the points is fine.

Avoid

• Massaging, rubbing or pressing the bumps, unless Dr SY has asked you to for a named point.
• Make-up over the points, which have not yet closed.
• Anti-inflammatory painkillers for the tenderness, unless the clinic advises otherwise; they may add to bruising. Do not stop a prescribed one without asking its prescriber.
• Alcohol, hard exercise, hot yoga, saunas, steam and hot water on your face.

Bruising and tenderness settle over the next few days. How this looks, and when you can be seen, is on Profhilo downtime.

• Hands off. Keep pressure off the points until they have flattened.
• Facials and devices. No facials, facial massage, gua sha or home devices over the points until your skin feels ordinary again.
• Other treatments. Laser or radiofrequency over the same area keeps to the spacing in your plan.

Your usual skincare can normally restart once the points have closed (for retinoids, see the questions below). Use sunscreen every day, and keep any bruise covered or under sunscreen: in skin types III to V, sun on a bruise can leave a brown mark.

Exercise and heat. Walking and light exercise are fine from the next day. Hard exercise, hot classes, saunas, steam and alcohol wait at least 24–48 hours, and until the bumps have flattened and any bruise has stopped spreading.

Make-up. Once the entry points have closed and the bumps have flattened, apply it lightly over intact skin without rubbing, and remove it gently. Cover a bruised point with a little concealer rather than brushed-in foundation.