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Why did my tongue and lips got numb on my second day of surgery from Breast Augmentation?

vanecruzDec 9, 2015
under muscle breast implants, 310cc

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Dr. Francis Johns, MD
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Dr. Michael M. Omidi, MD, FACS
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