My cat scratched me last week. I scar easily and I’m pretty sure this will be another scar that won’t go away. I use neosporin when it was healing and now I am alternating between silicon gel and mederma. Anything else I can do? I’ve been told that lasers are not good with my skin tone in the past when I had an consultation for my skin spots.
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Answer: Laser treatment can be done to minimize appearance. Pair with melarase creams to help with pigmentation
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