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Pulling Pain in Right Breast 3 Weeks After Breast Lift with Implant Surgery is This Normal?

ChristinrJan 21, 2011
I am getting a pulling pain radiating into the nipple area in my right breast 3 weeks after my breast lift with implant surgery is this normal? My implants were placed behind my muscle.

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Dr. Ricardo L. Rodriguez, MD
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