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Can lactic acid peels or cool peels (Environ) make melasma worse?

Amandaleighmandy
I used to love getting peels but ever since I've had melasma lactic acid and cool peels seem to make my melasma look darker. Could this be because the skin around the melasma looks lighter? Thank you.

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