What recommendations do you provide to isotretinoin patients about delaying cosmetic procedures (lasers, fillers, botox) once they have reached their goal dose?
Do you recommend a six-month wait period? Have you had patients that developed poor outcomes due to pursuing cosmetic procedures too early after completing isotretinoin?
Answer from: at Community Practice
We basically perform any and laser procedures, even when patients are on isotretinoin if it is appropriate as far as the indication.
We do tend to wait for 3 to 4 months for ablative fractional treatments, but all other treatments, such as hair removal, pigment removal, and vascular laser removal, ...
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at Epiphany Dermatology 6 months
at Good Dermatology - Torrance, CA Thank you, Dr. @Ross for the comment.
I got to wo...
at South Shore Health I would wait roughly 4-6 months for an ablative/fr...
at Georgia Dermatology Partners The latest Acne Guidelines from AAD support this a...
6 months
Thank you, Dr. @Ross for the comment. I got to wo...
I would wait roughly 4-6 months for an ablative/fr...
The latest Acne Guidelines from AAD support this a...