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Dermal fillers should be renamed skin fillers

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Alam, M. Dermal fillers should be renamed skin fillers. Arch Dermatol Res 313, 299–300 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-020-02076-z

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Keywords

  • Dermal filler
  • Filler
  • Skin filler
  • Soft tissue augmentation