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Dent in nipple after fat necrosis erupted out of the scar on my left nipple (Photo)

tania antosikApr 14, 2017
Please can you advise me what will happen to the crater that has been left on my breast after a large lump of fat narcosis erupted out 4 months post op.

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Dr. Steven Wallach, MD
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Answered on Apr 16, 2017
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Dr. Darryl J. Blinski, MD
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