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What do you advise for Ultherapy bumps and crepey red skin after 3 weeks? (Photos)

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LearnedTheHardWayOct 24, 2018

3 weeks and one day post Ultherapy, and my neck skin still has bumps and is creepy and bumpy. Prescription steroid cream did not work. Please advise.

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