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Four days post laser resurfacing I have painfully swollen eyelids; face is swollen (peeling now). (photo)

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Is it normally to have painfully swollen eyelids 4 days after procedure, as wells swollen and tight-feeling face even though half of the brown layer has already peeled off (leaving very pink skin underneath)?  When will swelling decrease?

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