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I had a V Beam laser treatment 1 week ago. It was bruised and blistered, the blister opened up and was bleeding a bit (Photo)

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FabecOct 17, 2015

I still have a visible red and some purple marks/ blood vessels extended around the outer rim I'm worried that it will not heal properly. It looks much worse then before I got the Vbeam

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