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How to Remove Pen Marks After Smart Lipo?

asked 1 year ago by Brookeh in Nashua, NH
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
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Whats the Best Way to Get the Marker off my Back and Tummy from Surgery? it will be a week tomorrow 3/4/11 i had smart lipo done

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Liposuction marks from the marking pen

You should check with your surgeon if they have a recommendation, because if they use this product they must have thought about its ramifications and questions such as yours.  Most surgical markers are worn off by the time the liposuction is almost finished. Some wipe away with rubbing alcohol, but if a differnet marker were used than normal it might not come off until the stratum corneum, top layer of skin, flaked away naturally. I have noted that a blue marking pen comes vaporizes... more
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist

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