I had fraxel over my eyes, with eye shields. The skin here doesn’t seem to be healing like the rest of my face has. It’s still red/brown, discoloured, sore, sensitive, if I rub my eyes I get small bruises, then these heal but I get more. It keeps happening. Why is my eyelid skin not healing like the rest of my face? How long is normal to heal? What can I do to speed it up? I had laser 3 months ago.
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