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Is it normal to get a blister after getting tissue expanders filled?

kimcreazJul 21, 2016
I'm not in the sun or using heating pads. And radiation has been finished for 2weeks now

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Dr. Mark Deutsch, MD, FACS
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Answered on Aug 2, 2016
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