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Is scarring treatment different for people who are dark-skinned?
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Multiple options: There are many different scar creams out there with varying degrees of science behind them and clinical information. In my office, we offer skinmedica's scar recovery which has shown good early results. Dark skin causes some different issues as you do not want to use lasers or creams that may discolor the sin.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Yes: Laser treat, ents need to be tailored to darker skin with lower density setting in fractionated laser 5.5 rather 22 per cents. This may not be scarring but discoloration which is easily treatable with approriate chemical pee s or q switched laser, .
Answered 3/26/2013
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