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Can the Fraxel laser treat hypopigmention on the areola?

FunahoSep 20, 2020
Since I was a teen, I would occasionally find what appeared to be cystic pimples generating beneath my areola. Not thinking about the long term effects, I'd pop them, as they were a painful nuisance, and have been left with a few areas of hyperpigmentation as well as what strangely appears to be a DPN of the previously infected area. Can this be fixed?

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