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29 yr old type 1 diabetic, I did hair transplant and implanted 3000 grafts. It has been 6 weeks & it's red & inflammed (Photo)

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under the supervision of my surgeon in egypt & 2 dermatologists in Dubai i've been taking the following: 1- vit C , topical antibiotic, anti inflammatory meds for 2 weeks 2- fucicort twice daily & mebo oint for burns for 2 weeks 3- doxycyclin 100 once daily for 2 weeks. 4- with very slow & minor improvement my surgeon said i may have post inflamm. Hyper pigmentation and asked me to apply elecon & elidel ointement and some soothing creams. Do i really have PIH? will those new meds help me? Any SE

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