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PicoSure under eyes and swelling. Will this go away? (Photo)

Exuberant9119Apr 4, 2019
I had Picosure under my eyes for wrinkles- 1,000 pulses and she passed over the area three times. My eye bags are really red and swollen! It looks really bad. Will this go away? It doesn't seem to have eased in the last hour

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