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My skin is peeling and painful to touch.

simthaJul 3, 2017
I have been using retinaA 0,05% for a month and a half now, aswell cetaphil acne prone sunscreen spf 30 and cetaphil face wash for a month now but my skin is dry peeling and painful when I touch it Ocasionally I put on morning pee and salt scrub and bicarbonate of soda

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Dr. Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS
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