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Burns After Liposuction, What Else Can I Do to Make it Go Away? (photo)

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Christina_RosarioAug 14, 2013

After liposuction on June 8th I noticed that my surgeon burned my skin, it's over a month and I've been putting creams, but seeing no results. What else should I do? When will these burn marks go away?

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