The timing of when a side effect occurs can help you better understand its cause. With tap water iontophoresis, typical side effects usually appear during treatment or shortly afterward. This often makes it easy to identify a direct link to the therapy.
If the treatment has gone smoothly so far and symptoms are now appearing for the first time, this is often due to a change in how the treatment is administered or to external factors. These can include, for example, irritated or injured skin, a change in water level, the use of creams or cosmetic products, or a technical malfunction of the device. Other reasons are also possible.
To identify the exact cause, it is best to proceed step by step: Change only one potential influencing factor at a time. This is the easiest way to determine what triggered the symptoms.