Before You Use Your Lumea Prestige; Pretreating Your Skin; Skin Test - Philips Lumea Mode D'emploi

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Before you use your Lumea Prestige

Pretreating your skin

Skin test

Before you use Lumea, you should pretreat your skin by removing hairs
on the surface of your skin. This allows the light to be absorbed by the hair
parts below the skin surface to ensure effective treatment. You can either
shave, short-trim, epilate or wax. Do not use depilatory creams, as chemicals
may cause skin reactions.
If you choose to wax, please wait 24 hours before using Lumea to let your
skin rest. We recommend that you take a shower before the treatment to
ensure that all possible residue of wax has been removed from your skin.
1 Pretreat the areas you intend to treat with Lumea.
2 Clean your skin and make sure it is hair-free, entirely dry and free from
oily substances.
Note: if shaving causes skin irritation, we advise you not to use the device
until skin irritation is resolved.
When you use Lumea Prestige for the first time or after recent tanning,
perform a skin test on each area to be treated. The skin test is necessary to
check your skin's reaction to the treatment and to determine the correct light
intensity setting for each body area.
1 Attach the right attachment for the area you want to treat. See chapter:
'Attachments'.
Note: do not try the device on difficult or sensitive areas (ankle and bony
area).
2 Turn on the device. Make sure you select setting 1.
3 Place the device at a 90° angle on the skin so that the integrated safety
system is in contact with your skin.
The integrated safety system prevents unintentional flashing without skin
contact.
4 Press the flash button to release a flash.
5 Slide the device over the skin to the next area to be treated.
6 Increase the setting by one level, apply a flash and slide the device to
the next area. Repeat this for all levels within the recommended range
for your skin type. See the table in: 'Selecting the right light intensity'.
7 After the skin test, wait 24 hours and check your skin for any reaction. If
your skin shows reactions, choose the highest setting that did not result
in any skin reaction for subsequent use.