Absolute Contraindications: Scleroderma, collagen vascular disease, or cardiac abnormalities, rosacea, blood clotting problems, platelet abnormalities, anticoagulation therapy (i.e.: Warfarin), facial cancer, past and present, chemotherapy, steroid therapy, dermatological diseases affecting the face (i.e. Porphyria), diabetes and other chronic conditions, active bacterial or fungal infections, immune-suppression, scars less than 6 months old and facial fillers in the past 2-4 weeks. Treatment is not recommended for patients who are pregnant or nursing.
Precautions: keloid or raised scarring, eczema, psoriasis, actinic keratosis, and herpes simplex.