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Can you get a chemical peel done if you have hypothyroidism or " Hashimotos " autoimmune disease?

QueenA.Sep 22, 2015
I've heard on some forums that you can't if you have an autoimmune disease, but nothing about hypothyroidism. I don't clearly understand why it would affect an autoimmune disease either.

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