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Marks On Face Due To Scratching With Nail. Want To Remove Without Surgery Or Laser Treatment

i have some marks on my face.these marks are due to my childhood nail scratching .now i am 20 years old but still i have those marks. my marks are small but every where on my face and can be easily seen from near.i want to remove these marks without any face surgery or laser treatment.so please help me regarding this issue.
posted on Fri, 9 Nov 2012
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Hi, see if the marks you are talking about are superficial then you can use a topical retinoic acid 0.025 cream at night or during day time a cream having matrixyl 3000 named Avarta whichwill reduce the marks in 3 months.
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Marks On Face Due To Scratching With Nail. Want To Remove Without Surgery Or Laser Treatment

Hi, see if the marks you are talking about are superficial then you can use a topical retinoic acid 0.025 cream at night or during day time a cream having matrixyl 3000 named Avarta whichwill reduce the marks in 3 months. take care