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A member asked:

I used hydrogen peroxide on my skin to clean a minor scrape and it bleached my skin (which is usually fair to begin with) is this normal?

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Can be both ways: After any skin cut or scrape, the healing process involves some inflammation, so the result can be either a lighter spot or a darker spot (or, if lucky, a spot of the original color). Over time, the spot should blend into the normal color again.

Answered 3/1/2017

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