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PPP Removal with CO2 laser? (Photos)

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petar123Oct 26, 2016
Hi,i'm from Europe-Croatia-Caucasian 24 yrs old, i see on internet you guys are real experts,i would appreciate your opinions about my case.I had "PPP" Removal with CO2 laser 4 months ago, i think treatment was kinda more rough than normal(it hurted for 20 days),it was all done by 1 treatment,and now for past 20 days little dark brown to black spots-depends on light appeared on my penis head but on other spot(arround pee hole and from it to the end of glans penis-vertical tiny lines).Thx,Petar

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