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Can I Transfer One of my Moles Onto my Face with Surgery?

LourreLoveJul 11, 2013

I have some small beauty marks on my face but would like to have a more visible, darker spot and thus I wonder if its possible to transfer a tiny mole that I have on my body and place it on my cheek permanently ?

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Dr. Stephen Salerno, MBBS, FRACS
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Dr. Stephen Salerno, MBBS, FRACS
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Dr. Ken Landow, MD
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Dr. Ken Landow, MD
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