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Immunotherapy (During active treatment) — beauty treatment safety

Also called Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors, Keytruda, pembrolizumab, Opdivo, nivolumab, Yervoy, ipilimumab.

In short

Immunotherapy is waiting on sign-off from a doctor, so this page carries no safety ratings. What it does carry is the background reading and the named medical sources behind it.

Sources

  1. Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Brazilian Annals of Dermatology)Granulomatous reaction to dermal filler during pembrolizumab therapy — case report
  2. Macmillan Cancer SupportSkin and nail changes from cancer treatment
  3. JMIR DermatologyDermal Filler Use in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy (Panlilio et al.)

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