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I have keratosis pilaris and was wondering if it could potentially be harmful to my skin to proceed with an ipl hair removal treatment?

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Not harmful: Intense pulsed light treatment is unlikely to be harmful for your keratosis pilaris - it may actually help.

Dr Pizzo and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/26/2014

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