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Burgundy brows when I asked for dark brown. Would a TCA peel remove them? (Photo)

kc727Apr 17, 2015
I know it's difficult to know what the final outcome will be since I just had my brows done yesterday, but I am noticing the ink looks BURGUNDY! I have dark hair and the techassured me she used a dark brown. I emailed her with the photo and she said it looks just like regular swelling and wait a couple of weeks before seing the final color. Being that they are not healed yet, can I use glycolic acids or TCA peels to remove them since it's still fresh ink? Thank you.

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