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Is the scar worse for dissolvable stitches vs. non dissolvable?

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nubod23Mar 5, 2021

I'm scheduled for a breast augmentation. My surgeon said he uses dissolvable sutures. This is a primary breast augmentation using Mentor moderate extra profile with possibly a 400CC implant with an inframammary incision. I breastfed two kids and have little breast tissue.

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