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I've got loose skin on my inner thigh after lipo in 09. What can be done?

Tuffy69Apr 5, 2014
Had liposuction back in 09 of upper in dr thigh. How can I get rid of this? It's probably amount when pulled together on each side is about half dollar size? What can be done?

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