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Can I take off the tape? (Photo)

Chinimplant89May 1, 2017
Friday there places an chin implant. The swelling is going down, day by day. The doctor placed some kind of paper tape over and undr my chin. There is only a little knot from the treath under my chin. The implant was places in-oral and the wound looks great! But the tape is itches!!!!!!!! I want to take it off so badly, haha. But the instructions says I have to leave it on for a week... Soo... What to do?!

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Dr. Michael I. Echavez, MD
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