About the Author Dr Varun Harish is a Specialist Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgeon in Sydney and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) whose clinical practice includes abdominal wall surgery and post-pregnancy body contour surgery
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