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Does tweezing hair damage the skin?
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Infection: If tweezing introduce infection into the hair follicle, that would damage skin.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Tweezing hair: When you tweeze hair by the follicle you affect it's future growth. There should not be any affect to the skin itself.
Answered 10/28/2012
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