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Brown spots with chemical peel?

abrandt1Jun 1, 2018
I have been getting regular chemical peels for a year now. But this time when I got a chemical peel I was in the sun (with sunscreen) after and now I have 2 brown patches on my cheek bones. Will this go away?

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Dr. Lichun (Li) Huo, MD
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