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Why is tape over navel on stomach?

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BlessInDisquiseNov 7, 2015

I see some women with a piece of tape over the navel on the stomach is liposuction being perform from that Pacific spot. Because most doctors have 2 marking below tummy area

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Dr. Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD
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