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A member asked:

Is it possible to get back my birth skin tone? i was at least 7 shades lighter when i was 6 months old? if possible how?

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No: A baby is baby-colored, and an adult is adult-colored. It would be really odd for an adult to be the same exact color he was at birth.

Dr Mallia agreed

Answered 5/6/2019

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