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I'm a 26yr Old with LUPUS (SLE) and Thinking of Having Tummy Tuck + Lipo is It Safe ?

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Kenia12
Been 5 yrs with lupus and I've gained a lot of weight with the prednisone and soon I'm going to start a new med called BENLYSTA and I would like to know if it would b safe for me to have a tummy tuck with lipo in a teaching hospital cause I can't afford doing it somewhere else and I need it sooo bad cause I've got depressed when people ask me if I'm pregnant because of how big my belly is ...... And if I can't what type of procedure can I do to get rid of this belly... Help!!

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