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Can you get a skin ulcer from loose hanging fat flab of skin?
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Possible: If the skin is so loose and it constantly causes a friction and rubbing with sweating and wetness, etc. the skin may start to breakdown and eventually may ulcerate.
Answered 6/28/2014
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