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Please help. Will this go away? Looks worse than having hair under my arms. (photos)

August 6, 2016
Asked By:laserhair21 in San Antonio, TX

Hi I got my 4th laser hair treatment 2 days ago under my arms, while getting this done didn't seem to hurt that bad,but on my drive home I notice my underarms feeling like they were on fire! This lasted for about 6 hours. Now it sore has red/black bumps looks like scars.

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