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What is the Reason for Hard Lumps After I Had Lip Reduction to Take out Some Injected Silicon?

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upper lip riduction, i had soft lumps. after the procedure i have really hard lump. i would like to know the reason for that (fibrosis?), and what is the best non invasive solution (steroidor 5FU injections for along time?)

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