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What would be the cost of a lip piercing scar removal?

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unknown223344Apr 4, 2018

I had my lip pierced about 3 years ago (bottom) i had it for maybe 1 year in probably not even that long. However it left a very visible scar. I'm considering surgery to help reduce the scar, what would the price range from?

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