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I have burns after a chemical peel..what should I do?

October 22, 2015
Asked By:dhruvesh in Mumbai

I went through a kojic acid peel, but later i got a sunburn and a tan too. After the sunburn settled that area got dark and i guess it's melasma. Will another kojic peel get rid of this dark patches and tan? It's been dark since a month now.

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