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Spray Tan After Fraxel Repair?

caddiOct 4, 2008
Hi, I'm going in Oct 12 for Fraxel repair laser. I would like to know if redness would likely be present after 2 weeks. If so, would it be okay to do a spray tan? I've done spray tanning in the past, but not for this reason.

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