I recently had a 60m session with a local electrologist who used flash thermolysis on me. She worked on the left side of my face, both the upper lip and chin.
Within an hour of leaving her office, I noticed that my skin had begun to ooze yellowish lymph fluid copiously — it looked like I had melted a pat of butter on half my face. The entire upper lip turned into one giant mass of scab tissue and lymph crust within a day.
In the last week I have kept the area very clean with peroxide and witch hazel, coated it with Polysporin, used a warm Epsom salt compress twice daily followed by an ice pack, and kept it well-moistened with 100% aloe vera gel at all other times.
It’s now 8 days later, and the scab has fallen off on its own. The area is still very red/pink, has a dimpled appearance in spots, and feels very stiff and resistant to movement — it’s difficult to take large bites, or smile, for example. The area doesn’t hurt, but constantly feels dry, irritated, and burning, like very dry skin or badly chapped lips. I’m applying moisturizing lotion and aloe vera to the area, but it isn’t helping.
Is this normal for thermolysis? My previous practicioner exclusively used galvanic, so I don’t have a reference frame to judge by.