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Can you get fat freezing over a pin and plated area?

Selflove26Oct 28, 2020
I would like to get fat freezing over my outer thigh area. I also have titanium pin and plates in my right hip area from an accident 10 years ago. I am worried the freezing could be dangerous over the plates?

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