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Under skin thigh infection. is it painful?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

That really depends: on the infection. Are you talking a superficial skin infection, an infected hair follicle, an abscess, etc?

Answered 6/2/2017

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