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Facial fractional co2 - hands peeling.

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zeiraq84Nov 20, 2016

Dear dr I had done facial fractional laser (medium skin resurfacing ) for mild sun induced pigmentations 8 days ago , my question is , why i start noticing that besides my face is peeling , my hands are peeling too

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