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Is tanned skin before a tummy tuck/lipo bad for scarring?

mammaoffourApr 3, 2018
I’ll be down south a few weeks before my surgery. I’m Mediterranean and tan very quickly and easily even when wearing sun block. Will incisions to tanned skin have any bearing on healing and/or scarring?

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