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How can a dermatologist shave off small bit of scar tissue from belly piercing rejection?
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Not normally: Scar tissue is dificult to treat by removing it with a shave technique as it tends to grow back. Usually other techniques are used like intralesional corticosteroid injections.
Answered 8/21/2013
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