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is Fraxel safe for dark skin? (photo)

AmberPamberMar 16, 2018
I got a bad breakout from cosmetics and wanted to clean up some black spots I have. I had a chemical peel done, while I liked the results, you have to continuously go in and the peeling was annoying and got everywhere

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