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What can be done about fat necrosis?

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I'm 4 months post op from a breast reduction. I had a 6 and 1/2 hour surgery to reduce my L breasts to DD breasts. After a month I pointed out to my surgeon a large lump at the top of my right breast, about an inch long and a half inch wide. He says it is fat necrosis but didn't say if there was anything to be done. So now that its been 4 months and it still there. It bothers me... Is there anything I can do?

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