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Is Pigmentation from Sunburn Permanent?

Hello, I'm 20. I went to Greece, July 2009. I fell asleep in the sun for 4 hours, I used suncream I had a massive red burn on my leg, I tried to keep it out of the sun it was diffiult as it was so hot.

I pick some of the scab off and I now have pigmentation, white patches on my leg and a scar from where you can see I pick the scab off. Will new skin grow back over the scab mark, will the pigmentation go away?

I do exfoliate and use bio-oil everyday on it .

Asked by lyndseya in Southampton ,England
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