Operation Manual

Recommended light intensities (1-5)
Inthetablebelow,‘x’meansthattheapplianceisnotsuitableforyou.
Skin colour and
characteristics:
White
(always
sunburn,
no
tanning)
Beige
(easy
sunburn,
minimal
tanning)
Light brown
(sometimes
sunburn, good
tanning)
Mid
brown
(rarely
sunburn,
fast and
good
tanning)
Dark
brown
(rarely
sunburn,
very good
tanning)
Brownish
black and
darker (rarely
to never
sunburn, very
dark tanning)
Bodyhaircolour:
darkblond/light
brown/brown/
darkbrown/black
4/5 4/5 4/5 3/4 1/2/3 x
white/grey/red/
lightblond
x x x x x x
Important
TocheckwhetherPhilipsLumeaPrecisionPlusissuitableforyou,see
section‘ForwhomisPhilipsLumeaPrecisionPlusnotsuitable?’.
Ifyourskinhasbeenexposedtonaturalsunlightoranarticialtanning
method,itmaybedarkerthanduringtheprevioustreatment.Checkthe
tableabovetodeterminewhichsettingsaresuitableforyourskincolour.
Tanning advice
Sun exposure before treatment
- Ifyourskinistanned,performaskintest(seechapter‘Usingthe
appliance’,section‘Firstuse’)ontheareatobetreatedtodetermine
theappropriatelightintensity.Afailuretodosocausesariskof
developingskinreactionsaftertreatmentwithPhilipsLumeaPrecision
Plus.
- Waitatleast48hoursaftersunbathingbeforeyouusetheappliance.
Sunbathingcancauseskintodarken(tan)and/orcancausesunburn
(reddeningoftheskin).
- Afterthese48hours,checktheskinforanyremainingsunburn.Donot
usePhilipsLumeaPrecisionPlusaslongassunburnpersists.
- Whenthesunburnhasdisappeared,performaskintest(seechapter
‘Usingtheappliance’,section‘Firstuse’)ontheareatobetreatedto
determinetheappropriatelightintensity.
Sun exposure after treatment
- Waitatleast24hoursaftertreatmentbeforeyouexposetreated
areastothesun.Evenafter24hours,makesurethatthetreatedskin
doesnotshowanyrednessfromthetreatmentanymorebeforeyou
exposeittothesun.
- Covertreatedareaswhenyougooutintothesunoruseasunblock
(SPF30+)inthetwoweeksaftertreatment.
- Exposingtreatedareastosunlightwithoutprotectionimmediately
aftertreatmentcanincreasetheriskofadversesideeffectsandskin
reactions.Seechapter‘Usingtheappliance’,section‘Possiblesideeffects
andskinreactions’.
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