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I have burned Skin due to Yellow peeling oil. What treatment would you recommend? (photos)

June 19, 2014
Asked By:shy_girl in Philippines, PH

please help me I used YELLOW peeling oil on my underarm and I put it 3x a day for 3 consecutive days andy underarm becomes super red i think the oil burns my skin please help me what to do....

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