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Smoking 2 Cigarettes After the 3th Treatment?

phil20222Apr 30, 2013

I had 3 fractional treatments for acne scarring yet. Normally I doesnt smoking but i was on a party and smoked 2 cigarettes. May it be bad for the final results? Im very scared about that. :(

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