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Kenalog injection for scar tissue under upper lip (Photo)

Dana49668Aug 6, 2022
Three weeks ago I had an injury that required stitches to my upper lip . The tissue under the lip has healed forming a lump of about 1 cm diameter and a fibroma of a few mm. How soon i can have kenalog injected to flatten the lump?

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