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A 19-year-old female asked:

I got a sunburn and a lot of skin peeled off. now there are a ton of tiny blood red dots all over. looks like a rash. what is it and will it go away?

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Dr. Aamir Siddiqui
Plastic Surgery 33 years experience
Healing skin: your skin has been damaged. keep it well moisturized and use sunblock spf 30 or greater every 2 hours while outside. All sunblocks have to be applied every 2-3 hours no matter what the manufacturer says.
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Last updated Jan 5, 2019

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