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What's the chances of developing keloids or hypertrophic scars after a thigh lift?

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jenniehFeb 17, 2018

I had an arm lift an tummy tuck. I got keloids that went to hypertrophic scars after steroid injections. They were minimal on my stomach. But horrible on my arms, now I'm doing lasers on them.

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