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I Am Black I Have Burn Face from Lazer Hair Removal, Will It Heal?

Elizabeth TaylorJan 18, 2012
On my face on my cheeks left right and chin neck neck has a dark mark

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Vivek Bansal, MD

Usually, wait for two weeks after you have healed form your peel. Thank you for your question and good luck with everything.

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Before you spend $$ on peels or IPL, try these topicals. This is called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).  I recommend Melarase AM and Melarase PM creams from Kare Skin as well as a broad spectrum sunblock like Spectrase. Bothe are from Kare Skin. Scler-x post inflammatory h...

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