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Im a person of color and i had a scab on the front of my head on my scalp and it fell off now its just white has been so for a month now and hair grows on it. what should i do?
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Be patient and use concealer if it is cosmetically embarrassing. People with darker skin tones take longer for the melanin producing cells in the newly healed skin to produce and distribute the material that defines natural skin tones.
Answered 3/31/2023
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