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A member asked:

I had a scab and it peeled off and now its pink how do i make it blend in to my skin tone and not make it scar?

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Leave it alone: Once scabs come off it takes a while for the skin tone to come back to normal. If you avoid picking at it and scratching at it that is the best way to avoid a scar.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 10/16/2016

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