I found a thread showing someone who used re:pair and got improvement without side effects of dark skin.

Before:

After (scroll down):

You can see that he had major improvement, without any of the side effects of re:pair on dark skin that I keep hearing about. He had extreme scars that can't be faked, and in the after pictures you would still be able to see that severity had he not gotten improvement.

However, I have only seen this one example of dark skin + ablative c02 laser = no side effects + improvement. Please post more if you have any links. We need more inspiration for people with dark skin to get ablative c02 laser.