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Does IPL Remove Beauty Marks?

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socialceedeeOct 10, 2013

I had an IPL treatment done last week and the nurse accidentally went over a mole (beauty mark) that I did not want removed. I can see that is started scabbing. Will it be permanently gone or will it darken over time?

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