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Started using cosmolan 2 without the mask. Any suggestions?

amna87Mar 17, 2016
I had used cosmolan 2 but without the mask! And its been almost 3 days, recently im facing a little reddish and it started peeling, unfortunately now i get to know about the mask, im quite scared now, please help

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Dr. Michele S. Green, MD
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