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Is Yag Laser Effective for Correcting Dark Lips?

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ammalaApr 11, 2009

I'm Asian with very dark lips. I was thinking of doing Yag laser to correct this. Is it effective? How much would it cost?

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Dr. Harold J. Kaplan, MD
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