Can I put make up on one day after wrinkle management or volume enhancement treatment?
You can put make-up on the day after you have wrinkle management treatment or volume enhancement treatment. The pharmaceutical companies advise us to tell our patients no make-up for 4 hours after treatment itself. However, we suggest patients to avoid wearing make-up until the day after treatment. This will help minimise any risk of infection, as the volume enhancement treatments stay in the skin for a long period of time and are more subsequent to infection than wrinkle management treatments. Unfortunately, they can be very resistant to treatment with antibiotics.
It is also best to also clean your make-up brushes at least once per week, and make sure your hands are clean if you use them to apply make-up, as they are the perfect carrier for bacteria. Sometimes we find that when we ask our patients about the last time that they cleaned their brushes, they often can’t remember!