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Burned by lhr on shins had dark spots for about 2weeks. some spots are peeling off and leaving white/light pink marks under.is this scarring or perman?
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Usually healing: when the scabs come off the new tissue is light pink and it takes time to return to normal color but unless a very deep burn it should return to normal
Answered 9/29/2016
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