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Glycolic Acid use Pre Botox?

icetigeraSep 4, 2013
I am really excited I am finally going to get botox on Monday so thank you all to the practitioners who responded to my question :). I have been using Glycolic Acid once per day.  How many days should I stop using it before botox?   

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