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Dermamelan/Cosmelan Together With Hydroquinone?

2xmomJun 11, 2012
I am planning to have the dermamelan/cosmelan treatment in a few days. I have been using hydroquinone 4% (epiquin) for 3 months with little effect. I was just wondering if I can continue using the hydroquinone as I also use the cosmelan maintenance cream? thank you

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