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2 weeks post lip filler and hard lumps won't go away. Alternative than getting them dissolved?

wonderer2018Aug 1, 2018
I got told by my doctor that lumps will go after 2 days. 2 weeks later and they're still vissable and very hard. I very much doubt massaging them now will even help. Is the only alternative than to get them dissolved?

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