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Is It Safe to Put on Sunless Tanner After a Glycolic Acid Peel?

tyler5001Feb 17, 2010
I am doing an at home treatment for glycolic acid peel. I use sunless tanner afterwards so it helps with the redness the next day. Is this safe?

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Thank you for your question. It is possible to turn darker after a glycolic peel or other chemical peel in darker skinned patients. It is also possible that a hair removal cream may have irritated you, but that is usually preceded by redness and inflammation prior to the darkening. At this...

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