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Response to Letter to the Editor: The “Scarless Ab-lift”: A Novel Method for Treatment of Skin Laxity with Rectus Muscle Diastasis. Balancing Residual Skin Sagginess and Scarring in Abdominoplasty, Using Laparoscopy Techniques

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    Francisco J. Villegas-Alzate

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Villegas-Alzate, F.J. Response to Letter to the Editor: The “Scarless Ab-lift”: A Novel Method for Treatment of Skin Laxity with Rectus Muscle Diastasis. Balancing Residual Skin Sagginess and Scarring in Abdominoplasty, Using Laparoscopy Techniques. Aesth Plast Surg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-024-04077-z

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