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My son has a scar his bottom lip from emergency room stitching. will plastic surgery be able to fix this ? he also had small white dots from stitches
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Yes: Plastic surgery could make the scar less obvious. However, you may wish to wait a year or so to allow time for the scar to mature, as it may become less conspicuous with time.
Answered 7/17/2017
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