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A member asked:

I shaved my pubic just over 24 hours before a hernia surgery , i just found out it can cause problems, it been three day i had surgery i feel fine?

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Don't worry: If you have had no problem, why worry over uncommon complications from the shaving?

Answered 5/23/2016

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