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Can you use a laptop or ipad soon after the reduction surgery?

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shrinkmeNov 16, 2016

I would be putting the ipad on a pillow on my lap in bed while leaning against a nest of pillows.

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Dr. Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD
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Dr. Steven Wallach, MD
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Dr. Robert L. Kraft, MD, FACS
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