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Laser treatment on face for thread veins - reaction within 24 hours face swelled and blisters. Clinic said to use ice. (photos)

greenpeJan 28, 2017
Hospital have given me steroids to reduce swelling as whole face including eyes are swollen badly. There is a lot of localised redness and blisters on cheeks. Will thus scar?

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