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What treatment to fade medical tattooing gone wrong? (Photo)

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sofee67Jun 29, 2022
I had poor facelift scars concealed with medical tattooing, but now it looks very obvious and much worse. Can BBL or IPL fade this? Should I have the scar excised? Not much skin is left. Thank you!

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