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Scars On Legs. Severe Itching And Burning After Applying Lemon Juice. Suggest

hello so i had lots of scars on my legs and im going on a boat in about a week and a half so i looked up online how to get rid of them and the most common answers i found were lemon juice and coca butter, i don't have any coca butter currently but guess what i did have? yep, lemon juice so i sat down, poured about 1tbs on my leg and all of a sudden they started itching and almost burning like crazy, i just wanted to know what you think i should do?
Mon, 18 Nov 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for the query.
This hyper pigmentation can be removed by using skin lightening creams.
Various creams are available like melalite xl, lookbrite, Lumaglow etc.
You can take any of them.

The following should be procedure to use it.
1. Wash your face in evening around 7.
2. Dry the area and apply cream all over.
3. Keep it for one hour.
4. Wash the area again.
5. Apply some moisturising cream and sleep.

Do this for a month, you will see the results.

Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you

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Scars On Legs. Severe Itching And Burning After Applying Lemon Juice. Suggest

Hello, Thanks for the query. This hyper pigmentation can be removed by using skin lightening creams. Various creams are available like melalite xl, lookbrite, Lumaglow etc. You can take any of them. The following should be procedure to use it. 1. Wash your face in evening around 7. 2. Dry the area and apply cream all over. 3. Keep it for one hour. 4. Wash the area again. 5. Apply some moisturising cream and sleep. Do this for a month, you will see the results. Let me know if you have any other doubts. Thank you