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Are dark spots after heavy CO2 treatment a month ago a common occurrence?

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alma6977Mar 27, 2019

I had a heavy CO2 treatment a month ago. My face has some dark spot and my skin above my top lip is very dark? I am hispanic is this common to occur in dark color people?

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