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Suggest Treatment For A Wound On The Upper Lip
About two months ago I was sick and whipped my nose with a cloth, it cut my upper lip and I didn t treat it well, when it healed it left this dark patch of skin above my upper lip and below my nose in a arch around my upper lip, looks a lot like a moustaches, I left it alone and thought it would pass but it didn t and its not getting any better which is troubling me, I m a 13 year old black male.
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Fri, 31 Mar 2017
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Mon, 13 Nov 2017
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This is post inflammatory pigmentation...Use a sunscreen with SPF 30 or more on your face during day so that it would not increase...use a cream containig hydroquinone 2-4% over the pigmented area for 2-3 weeks...it would help
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