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Please answer! could sun damaged skin be repaired over time or is it permanent?
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Would repair: skin has a function to repair any damage including sun damage. Don't worry. Rarely (or never) it's permanent. But in later years, when your skin function is not as good as you were young, watch out, pre-cancer or skin cancer would slowly show up on you.
Answered 1/5/2019
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