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Any suggestions for nipple piercing scar?

louie03Feb 17, 2016
I have a couple of scars on either side of one nipple after some poor teenage judgment and a piercing that I had for just a few of months. I was curious if punch excision or another procedure could rid me of these scars..?

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Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS
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