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Can acetone dissolve PMMA beads in Artefill?

lovelygirl94Jun 20, 2015
I had an injection of Artefill to my nose bridge but the doctor injected to the 2 sides of my bridge instead of injecting it into the center of my nose bridge. She said it was to build the bridge but after a few weeks, my nose bridge look wider. Some articles that acetone can dissolve the PMMA and it can be absorbed by our skin into the dermis layer of the skin. Is this method possible? 

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