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Do I have to wait for all my inside scar tissue to go before I have a breast fat transfer?

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dieuOct 17, 2017

I have some hard lumps in my breasts after the infected from breasts fat transfer 6 months ago.can i have the second time of breasts transfer even the lumps are still there,?what can i do ?

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