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A 24-year-old female asked:
i had brown marks on my arm from a wrong treatment. wil vitamin c injection help whiten them? is iv better or injection directly in the brownish areas
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

Dr. Liesa Harte answered
Family Medicine 29 years experience
Not likely to work: That is not likely to work. You don't say what sort of treatment you had that was the wrong treatment. It sounds like you probably have some post-inflammatory changes, and those typically fade over up to a year. I wish you the very best!
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