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Milk Thistle for Capsular Contracture?

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alasandraMay 26, 2009

I had breast implants, and my right breast keeps having capsular contracture. My plastic surgeon pops them everytime I see him. He put me on milk thistle and Vitamin E just recently. Does this work to soften the breast?

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