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What happens if you peel off sunburnt skin?
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Nothing bad: You are facilitating the natural shedding of your dead epidermis. Don't get to aggressive or you can accidentally take off the regenerating new skin cells. It's best to just moisturize and let the dead skin flake off with gentle rubbing if you can't ignore it for a day or so.
Answered 12/10/2013
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