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I Just Had a Tummy Tuck 3 Days Ago , I Have to Go See my PS but ,my Period Just Came, is It Safe to Use a Tampon?

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Carina 1Mar 1, 2012

I Just Had a Tummy Tuck 3 Days Ago , I Have to Go See my PS but ,my Period Just Came, is It Safe to Use a Tampon?

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Dr. Vishnu Rumalla, MD
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Dr. Robert L. Kraft, MD, FACS
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