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Is It True That Wearing a Garter/binder After a Tummy Tuck Helps in Achieving the Perfect Figure?

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I've heard of women (who do their surgery's in D.R. anyway) who wear their binders for 6 or more months after surgery, believing that they will heal in that shape, or their bodies will conform to that shape anyway. Is it true the longer you wear it the better?

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