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Radiotherapy (During treatment and the weeks after) — beauty treatment safety

Also called Radiation therapy, radiotherapy, having radiotherapy, radiation treatment, radiotherapy skin, radiation field, treated area.

In short

Radiotherapy 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. American Cancer SocietyRadiation skin care
  2. JMIR DermatologyDermal Filler Use in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy (Panlilio et al.)
  3. Macmillan Cancer SupportRadiotherapy aftercare — looking after your skin
  4. NHSCancer treatment pathways and radiotherapy aftercare

Written by · London-trained cosmetologist

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