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General anesthesia before or after hair transplant? I would like to get a nose job and hair transplant.

Enthusiastic935317Dec 5, 2022
I would like to get nose job and hair transplant during the winter holidays. Is it better to have general anesthesia before or after the hair transplant and how long should I wait between the procedures?

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