Profhilo aftercare: what patients need after each session

Profhilo leaves every patient with the same immediate question: are these bumps normal? The BAP technique deposits small boluses at ten points on the face, and a patient who walks out without written reassurance that the bumps are expected will either worry or, worse, massage them flat. Written aftercare after each of the two sessions protects the result, keeps the four-week protocol on track, and records exactly what the patient was told. The sheet below is complete and standard: copy it, adapt it to your own protocol and the manufacturer’s guidance for the specific product you use, and send it after both sessions.

The aftercare sheet

Your Profhilo treatment is done. The product spreads and settles on its own over the next day or so, and your job is simply to leave it alone. Follow this guidance and contact your practitioner if anything is unclear.

What to expect

• Small raised bumps at each injection point are normal and expected. They usually flatten within a few hours and should be gone within a day as the product disperses. Do not press or massage them; they settle on their own.
• Mild redness, tenderness and slight swelling are common and fade over a day or two.
• A small bruise can appear at any injection point and will fade over several days to a week.
• There is nothing dramatic to see straight away. Profhilo works gradually, and the result is judged around four weeks after your second session.

For the first 24 hours

• Avoid makeup on the treated area for 24 hours, until the injection points have closed. When you restart, use clean brushes and a light touch.
• Keep the area clean and cleanse gently without rubbing.
• Avoid touching or massaging the treated area.

For the first 24 to 48 hours

• Avoid strenuous exercise. A gentle walk is fine; the gym, running and hot yoga are not.
• Avoid alcohol, which can increase swelling and bruising.
• Avoid saunas, steam rooms, sunbeds and very hot showers while the skin settles.

For the first week

• Avoid facials, facial massage and any beauty treatment that applies pressure to the treated area for around a week, or as your practitioner advises.
• Apply a high-factor sunscreen (SPF 30 or above) daily and avoid deliberate sun exposure and sunbeds.
• Reintroduce strong skincare actives (retinoids, exfoliating acids) gradually after the first couple of days.

Your second session

Profhilo is designed as two sessions, four weeks apart. The first session starts the process; the second completes it. Please keep your second appointment even if you cannot yet see a change, because the result builds across both sessions and is assessed about a month after the second. If you have not yet booked it, contact the clinic now rather than later, as the four-week spacing matters.

Normal versus not normal

Normal: bumps for a few hours, mild redness, tenderness, slight swelling and small bruises that improve day by day.

Contact your practitioner promptly if you notice: increasing pain, heat, spreading redness or pus at an injection point (possible infection), a fever, a rash, itching or swelling of the lips or tongue (possible allergic reaction), or skin near a treated point that turns white, dusky, blue or grey, becomes blotchy, or is severely and unusually painful (possible vascular problem, which needs same-day assessment). These are uncommon, but they should always be assessed rather than waited out.

If anything worries you, contact your practitioner; that is what we are here for.

When patients should contact you urgently

Brief your team on the escalation points: suspected vascular compromise (pallor, mottling, disproportionate pain) is a same-day practitioner review, and infection or allergy signs need practitioner triage, not a routine slot. The other operational risk with Profhilo is protocol drift, so make the second-session reminder part of the aftercare touchpoint, not a separate task someone has to remember. Pair this sheet with a signed skin booster consent form adapted to Profhilo, and keep our Profhilo guide on hand for the questions patients ask between sessions.

Make this automatic

Two sessions means two aftercare sends and one reminder that must not slip. AesthetiClinic emails this sheet automatically after every appointment and records that it was sent, and chases the second booking so the four-week window holds. See the features page.

General aftercare guidance for UK aesthetics practice. Your practitioner’s specific advice always takes precedence. Patients with urgent symptoms should contact their practitioner or seek medical care immediately.