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Is it okay to massage your glutes after a BBL?

Maryyy_ghFeb 27, 2019
I got a BBL exactly 6 weeks ago and just had a back massage. I wasn’t really thinking and had my glutes massaged. It was for less than 5 minutes total. Would this mess up my results? I am really worried.

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