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I Want a Breast Augmentation but I'm So Scared, How High is the Risk That Something Goes Wrong?

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I'm 30 years old, Mom of 2 kids and I want new boobs, but I'm scared about it, I know a girl from high school who dies years ago because something went wrong, how high is the risk that something goes wrong???

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