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Treatments for malar bags using a CO2 laser? Can this be done on my dark skin?

veronica121
I am between a 4 and 5 on the Fitzpatrick scale I believe. I am of African, Asian and Caucasian decent and I have been told that my skin is too dark for some of the lazars in the past. I am 51 and my malar bags are not obvious in the attached photos but they are almost always present. I do not have eye bags otherwise, just this puffiness at the cheekbone at the eyesocket. I use retin -A .1% daily

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