Whether a breast lift in Mexico, in Tijuana or another city, is a good plan for you comes down to four things you can settle before you pay a deposit: a lift matches what you want, which is mainly a change in shape and position rather than size; your timing suits it, with no pregnancy or big weight change ahead; the surgeon holds Mexico’s plastic surgery credentials and works in a facility licensed for surgery; and you can stay near that surgeon through your first checkups. You can look into each of these from home.
Which operation and technique fit your body is your surgeon’s call, and a visit with your own doctor before the trip helps you think the plan through.
At a glance
- What it does
- Raises and reshapes the breasts by removing extra skin; on its own, it doesn’t significantly change their size
- For more fullness
- A lift with implants, placed during the lift or in a second operation, depending on the surgeon’s experience
- Incision patterns
- Around the areola; around it and down to the breast crease; or both, plus along the crease
- Scars
- Permanent; often very visible for up to a year, and may fade after that without becoming invisible
- Going home and back to work
- Probably home the same day; going back to work may take 7 to 14 days or longer
- Check first
- The surgeon’s plastic surgery council certificate and the facility’s license for surgery
Key takeaways
- Decide with your surgeon whether you need a lift alone, a lift with implants or a lift with a reduction, and get the plan and the incision pattern in writing.
- Book once you’ve finished having children and your weight is steady, and stop smoking before surgery on your surgeon’s timing.
- Look up your surgeon’s licenses and plastic surgery council certificate, and see the facility’s health license for surgery, before any deposit changes hands.
- Get a written quote that lists anesthesia, the facility, surgical bras, drain and stitch removal, follow-up visits and the terms of a revision.
- Stay near your surgeon until your drains are out and your follow-up visit is done, and have someone else drive you home across the border.
In this guide
- What a breast lift does, and what it doesn’t
- Is a breast lift right for you, and when?
- Incisions and scars: which pattern, and why
- A lift with implants: one operation or two
- Breastfeeding, mammograms and breast health after a lift
- Risks of a breast lift, and what you can do about each
- Checking the surgeon and the facility
- How much does a breast lift in Mexico cost?
- Recovery: the surgical bra, drains and the first weeks
- Your stay in Mexico, the flight home and crossing back
- Questions to ask your surgeon about a breast lift
- Before you go: checklist
- Warning signs after a breast lift
- Frequently asked questions
- Sources
What a breast lift does, and what it doesn’t
A breast lift, or mastopexy, raises the breasts by removing excess skin and tightening the surrounding tissue to reshape and support them (American Society of Plastic Surgeons, ASPS, a U.S. professional society). It may also move the nipple and the areola, the colored skin around it (MedlinePlus, the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s health site), up to a more youthful height (ASPS), and an areola that has grown larger over time can be made smaller (ASPS). Pregnancy, breastfeeding, weight changes, aging, gravity and heredity can all cost breasts their shape and firmness (ASPS).
Through 1 to 3 incisions, the surgeon removes extra skin and sometimes some breast tissue (MedlinePlus), lifts and reshapes the tissue underneath, and tightens the skin as the incisions are closed (ASPS). It can be done in an outpatient surgery clinic or a hospital, likely under general anesthesia, or with medicine to relax you and a local anesthetic to numb the area (MedlinePlus).
Because a lift doesn’t significantly change the size of your breasts or round out their upper part (ASPS), what you want decides which operation to ask about:
| What you want | What the sources describe |
|---|---|
| Higher, reshaped breasts, without a significant change in size | A lift on its own (ASPS) |
| More fullness, especially at the top | A lift with an implant, which restores volume (MedlinePlus) and can add upper fullness or cleavage (ASPS); see a lift with implants |
| Smaller breasts | A lift combined with a breast reduction (ASPS); what a mommy makeover usually includes describes what a reduction removes |
Is a breast lift right for you, and when?
Why it matters: a pregnancy can lessen or reverse what a lift achieves, weight changes may make breasts sag again, and smoking can slow healing, so timing belongs in the plan.
You may be a candidate if you’re physically healthy, keep a stable weight, don’t smoke and are bothered that your breasts sag or have lost shape and volume; nipples that fall below the breast crease when unsupported are another sign (ASPS).
| Your situation | What the sources say | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| You may want more children | Breast surgery should be considered after childbearing is complete, since pregnancy can minimize or reverse a lift’s improvement (ASPS) | Talk timing through with your surgeon; when to plan it has the waits surgeons suggest after a birth and after weaning |
| You’re pregnant or still nursing | You should probably wait to have a lift (MedlinePlus) | Ask your surgeon how long after weaning they’d like you to wait |
| You plan to lose weight | Waiting is probably wise (MedlinePlus), and significant weight loss after breast surgery can harm how the breasts look (ASPS) | Reach a weight you can hold, then book |
| You smoke | Smoking can slow healing and raise the risk of blood clots, and your surgery may be delayed if you don’t quit (MedlinePlus) | Quit or cut back, with your doctor’s help if you need it, and ask your surgeon how long to stay smoke-free |
| A medical condition, such as diabetes or heart disease | Your surgeon may want you to see the doctor who treats it first (MedlinePlus) | Book that visit before you book travel |
How to check: note your last birth, when you stopped breastfeeding, any plans for more children, recent weight changes, and every condition, medicine and supplement you have, then ask your surgeon whether a lift suits you now or would last better later. Talk the plan through with your doctor at home too (lining up a doctor at home).
Incisions and scars: which pattern, and why
Why it matters: the incision pattern decides where your permanent scars will run, and your surgeon recommends the one that best suits your anatomy (ASPS).
| Pattern | Where the incision lines, and so the scars, run |
|---|---|
| Around the areola | One line, around the areola |
| Around the areola and down | The line around the areola, plus one running straight down from the areola to the breast crease |
| Around the areola, down and along the crease | Both of those lines, plus one running along the breast crease |
The three common patterns, as named and drawn by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. If a clinic calls yours by another name, ask which of these it means.
The technique that suits you is determined by your breasts’ size and shape, the size and position of your areolas, how far your breasts sag, and your skin’s quality and elasticity and how much of it is extra (ASPS), and where the cuts go depends on how much lift is needed (MedlinePlus). Many people want the smallest scar possible, but insisting on an incision that doesn’t suit your anatomy can diminish the result (ASPS).
The scars are permanent. They’re often very visible for up to a year and may fade after that, without becoming invisible; surgeons try to hide them, usually under the breast and around the edge of the areola (MedlinePlus). Some lines sit in the breast’s natural contours while others show on its surface (ASPS). Outdoors, sunblock with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher protects healing scars (MedlinePlus).
How to check: ask which pattern your surgeon recommends and why, where each scar will run, and whether a pattern with less scarring could work for you. Ask to see results on patients whose breasts looked like yours before surgery, including their scars a year or more on.
A lift with implants: one operation or two
Why it matters: an implant adds volume that a lift alone can’t, and it brings decisions of its own, from which implant to whether it goes in with the lift or later (ASPS).
An implant can be placed during the lift or in a second operation, depending on the surgeon’s experience (ASPS). Staging the two adds a second anesthetic, a second recovery and, from Mexico, a second trip, so ask for both options to be priced; time under anesthesia in a combined plan is covered in one operation or two.
For a sense of scale, a 2014 review pooled 23 studies covering 4,856 operations in which a lift and implants were done together. The pooled complication rate was 13.1%, led by breasts that sagged again (5.2%) and poor scarring (3.7%), while infection and collections of blood or fluid were each under 2%; the reoperation rate, pooled from 13 of the 23 studies, was 10.7% (Khavanin et al., 2014). In most of the studies, average follow-up was under a year, and the studies differed widely in technique, in how they defined outcomes and in how long they followed patients; the authors suggest that with careful patient selection, these rates are acceptably low (Khavanin et al., 2014). They’re averages across many patients, not a prediction for you.
How to check: ask your surgeon:
- Would you place my implants during the lift or in a second operation, and why?
- How many lifts with implants have you done, and how often did a patient need another operation?
- If you’d stage it, how far apart are the two operations, and what does each cost?
Then work through the implant itself: choosing your implant, checking the model and its registration and the monitoring implants need over the years.
If you have implants now and want them out, with or without a lift, see breast implant removal in Mexico.
Breastfeeding, mammograms and breast health after a lift
Why it matters: a lift can affect whether you’re able to breastfeed later, and your breasts still need screening afterward, so both belong in the conversation before surgery.
Being unable to nurse a baby after surgery is one of the risks of breast surgery (MedlinePlus), and we found little research on lifts alone. In a questionnaire study at one hospital in France, where breast reductions and lifts were counted together, 41% of the 61 patients whose pregnancy came after surgery breastfed successfully, against 82% of the 104 whose pregnancy came before it (Faure et al., 2024). When breastfeeding didn’t work after surgery, the reason in most cases was too little milk (Faure et al., 2024). The effect has several causes, in the authors’ view, and they urge caution, so treat the figures as a prompt to raise breastfeeding with your surgeon, not a forecast.
Whether you need a screening mammogram before a lift depends on your age and your risk of breast cancer; if you do, schedule it well ahead, so that any follow-up imaging or biopsy won’t move your surgery date (MedlinePlus). You may also be asked for a baseline mammogram before surgery and another one afterward, to help detect future changes in your breast tissue (ASPS). Implants bring mammogram questions of their own; see breastfeeding, mammograms and breast health with implants.
How to check:
- If you may want to breastfeed, say so at your first consultation, and ask how the planned technique could affect it.
- Ask whether you need a mammogram before surgery, and whether your surgeon wants a baseline one afterward.
- Keep those images with your surgical records, and tell whoever does your future mammograms about the lift.
Risks of a breast lift, and what you can do about each
Why it matters: knowing a lift’s risks before the consultation lets you ask how your surgeon prevents and treats each one, including after you’re home, and every one comes with steps of your own.
On how often problems arise, a 2019 review of 34 studies of lifts done without implants, covering 1,888 patients, found an overall complication rate of 10.4%. The most frequent were scar problems (3%), such as raised or unsightly scars, and problems with the nipple and areola (2.9%), such as distortion, asymmetry or reduced feeling (di Summa et al., 2019). These are averages across many patients and techniques, not a prediction for you, and the authors say scars, asymmetry and possible renewed sagging should be highlighted in the information patients are given (di Summa et al., 2019).
| Risk | What it is | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| Scars | Permanent; large scars can be slow to heal or need further treatment (MedlinePlus) | Agree where each scar will run (see incisions and scars), and follow your scar-care instructions |
| Changes in feeling | Nipple or breast sensation can change, temporarily or permanently (ASPS) | Ask what to expect with your technique, and report new numbness (see warning signs) |
| Uneven breasts or nipples | Asymmetry, irregular shape or contour (ASPS), and nipples in uneven positions (MedlinePlus) | Expect improvement, not perfection (MedlinePlus), and get a revision’s price and terms in writing, since revisional surgery is possible (ASPS) |
| Poor healing or loss of tissue | Poor healing of the incisions, partial or total loss of the nipple and areola, and fatty tissue deep in the skin that may die, called fat necrosis (ASPS) | Don’t smoke: it slows healing and raises the risk of complications (MedlinePlus). Protect the incisions from heavy force, swelling, rubbing and too much movement while they heal (ASPS) |
| Bleeding or fluid | Bleeding, a collection of blood (hematoma) or a buildup of fluid (ASPS) | Keep to the activity limits in recovery, since exertion can raise blood pressure and lead to bleeding (MedlinePlus); aspirin, anti-inflammatory medicines and herbal supplements can increase bleeding, so ask which to avoid (ASPS) |
| Infection | On the risk list (ASPS); smoking raises it (MedlinePlus) | Look at the incisions each day for redness, pain or drainage, and keep them clean, dry and covered until your surgeon says otherwise (MedlinePlus) |
| Blood clots, heart and lung problems | A clot in a deep vein (deep vein thrombosis) and heart and lung complications (ASPS); a clot in the lungs may occur if you take birth control pills or estrogen therapy (MedlinePlus) | Take short walks as soon as you can (MedlinePlus), ask for a clot-prevention plan made for you, and learn the warning signs |
| Anesthesia and medicines | Anesthesia risks (ASPS), and general surgical risks such as reactions to medicines and breathing problems (MedlinePlus) | Tell your surgeon about every medicine and supplement, drinking more than 1 or 2 drinks a day and any illness before the date (MedlinePlus), and check who gives your anesthesia |
| A result that changes | Aging and gravity can keep changing the breasts (ASPS), and pregnancy and weight changes may make them sag again (MedlinePlus) | Keep your weight steady (ASPS) and plan the lift after your last pregnancy |
How to check: find out which of these problems your surgeon meets most often after a lift, how each is treated, and who would treat it once you’re back in the U.S. With implants, add risks of breast implants.
Checking the surgeon and the facility
Why it matters: the person who operates and the building where it happens each need their own checks, and you can make both from home before you pay a deposit.
A breast lift calls for the same three credentials as any plastic surgery in Mexico: a license in medicine, a specialty license in plastic surgery and a current certificate from the country’s plastic surgery council. How to check a plastic surgeon’s credentials explains each one. The license lookups are set out step by step in checking a doctor’s license, and the facility checks in checking a clinic’s health license.
Those checks give you a strong starting point, and a lift adds two of its own: the place, since a lift may be done in an accredited office-based surgical center, an outpatient facility or a hospital (ASPS), and the person giving your anesthesia, whose required licenses under Mexico’s standard for anesthesiology are set out in the liposuction guide.
How to check:
- Look up the surgeon’s two licenses and council certificate, using the steps linked above.
- Ask which kind of facility you’ll be operated in, get a photo of its health license for surgery, and match the address.
- Get the full name and licenses of whoever gives your anesthesia, and look those up too.
- Ask how many lifts, with and without implants, the surgeon has done, and how many of those patients needed a revision.
How much does a breast lift in Mexico cost?
Why it matters: a surgeon’s fee for a lift reflects their experience, the type of procedure and where they practice (ASPS), so two quotes compare fairly only line by line.
Your final fee comes from your plastic surgeon’s office, and a lift’s costs may include the surgeon’s fee, anesthesia, the hospital or surgical facility, medical tests, post-surgery garments and prescriptions; most health insurance plans don’t cover a breast lift or its complications (ASPS), so check your own policy.
For a U.S. reference, the average cost of a breast lift is $6,816 in the latest statistics of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, whose cost page doesn’t say which year they cover (ASPS). That average is only part of the total price, since it leaves out anesthesia, operating room facilities and other related expenses (ASPS). How revisions and complications can add to a total is in what a plastic surgery quote should include.
How to check: get a written, itemized quote covering these lines from each surgeon you’re considering, then compare it with what a medical tourism quote should include.
| Line | What to ask |
|---|---|
| Surgeon | Is the fee for a lift alone, or with implants or a reduction, and with which incision pattern? Will the surgeon on the quote operate? |
| Anesthesia and facility | Which anesthesia, who gives it, which hospital or surgical center, and is a night there included? |
| Implants, if any | Which manufacturer, model and size, and what is the Mexican registration number? |
| Tests and medicines | Which lab tests and prescriptions are included, and will the surgeon accept a recent mammogram from your own doctor? |
| Garments | How many surgical or supportive bras are included? |
| Drains, stitches and checkups | Are drain and stitch removal included, and how many follow-up visits? |
| A revision or a complication | What would revisional surgery cost, for how long after the lift, and what do you pay if a complication needs treatment before you leave? |
Recovery: the surgical bra, drains and the first weeks
Why it matters: your first weeks set how much help you’ll need and how long you stay within reach of your surgeon, from drain removal to the last stitch.
| When | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Leaving | Probably home the same day (MedlinePlus), though some patients spend 1 to 2 days in the hospital (MedlinePlus); arrange someone to drive you and stay with you for at least the first night (ASPS) |
| The first few days | Dressings on the incisions, and an elastic bandage or support bra to limit swelling and support your breasts as they heal (ASPS); any drainage tubes come out at the surgeon’s office within a few days (MedlinePlus), and short walks help blood flow and healing (MedlinePlus) |
| The first 2 weeks | Pain eases over a few weeks (MedlinePlus). Stitches, if any, come out within 2 weeks; a shower may be allowed after 2 days once the tubes are out, but no baths, hot tubs or swimming until your surgeon agrees (MedlinePlus) |
| Work and driving | Going back to work may take 7 to 14 days or longer. Driving waits at least 2 weeks, and until your arms move freely and you’re off narcotic pain medicine (MedlinePlus) |
| Up to 6 weeks | For 3 to 6 weeks, skip heavy lifting, strenuous exercise and stretching your arms too far (MedlinePlus) |
| Weeks to months | After a lift, the surgical bra or a soft supportive bra for as long as your surgeon says, likely several weeks, and possibly a special supportive bra for a few months (MedlinePlus); after cosmetic breast surgery in general, a soft, wireless, supportive bra day and night for 2 to 4 weeks once dressings are off (MedlinePlus) |
| The months after | Swelling fades as the breasts’ shape and position settle (ASPS) |
The 1 to 2 days in the hospital and the figures for stitches, showering, work, driving and activity come from MedlinePlus’s instructions after cosmetic breast surgery in general, whether a lift, a reduction or augmentation.
These are typical figures, not your plan: your surgeon’s written instructions come first, including where the sources differ, as on the bra.
How to check: ask your surgeon which bra to wear and for how long, whether you’ll have drains, when stitches come out, when you can shower, drive and work, and which concerns to watch for at the incisions or in your general health (ASPS). Planning your recovery covers the companion and time off.
Your stay in Mexico, the flight home and crossing back
Why it matters: drain removal, your follow-up visit and your surgeon’s go-ahead set the day you can leave, and the journey home is part of your recovery.
We found no official figure for how many days to stay in Mexico after a breast lift; your surgeon decides. Plan around these:
- Drains and the follow-up visit. Ask which visits, including drain and stitch removal, must happen in Mexico; how long to stay in Tijuana covers the rest of the plan.
- Flying. Your surgeon sets the date; the published wait for breast surgery is in how soon you can fly after surgery. Recent surgery may add to the clot risk of any trip over 4 hours, by air or by road (CDC); lowering your clot risk on the way home has the steps.
- The border. You likely won’t be cleared to drive yet, so arrange a driver; if you’ll cross on foot, read crossing back after a procedure.
- Packing and records. Tops that open in front are easier while you’re sore (what to pack). Ask for your records, including the technique used; coming home lists what to bring back, and medicine prescribed after a procedure covers carrying it across.
- A doctor at home. If stitches or a checkup fall after you’re back, agree beforehand who near home will handle them.
How to check: once your surgeon has given you the dates of drain removal and your follow-up visit, and the first day you’d be cleared to travel, book flights or rides that can move, and someone to travel back with you.
Questions to ask your surgeon about a breast lift
- Is a lift alone right for me, or would you add implants or combine it with a reduction?
- Which incision pattern do you recommend for me, and where will each scar run?
- If I want implants, would you place them during the lift or in a second operation, and why?
- How could the technique you plan affect breastfeeding and the feeling in my nipples?
- Do I need a mammogram before surgery, and do you want a baseline one afterward?
- How many lifts have you done, and may I see results on patients with breasts like mine?
- Who gives my anesthesia, and when can I travel home?
- What would a revision cost, and who treats a problem that starts after I’m home?
Before you go: checklist
- Childbearing finished, or your surgeon’s advice on waiting taken
- Weight steady, and smoking stopped on your surgeon’s timing
- Lift alone, with implants or with a reduction decided with your surgeon
- Incision pattern and scar placement agreed in writing
- Surgeon’s two licenses and council certificate checked online, and the facility’s surgery license seen
- Mammogram done, or confirmed unnecessary by your surgeon, with time to spare
- Itemized quote, including bras, drain and stitch removal, checkups and a revision
- Implant model and registration checked, if implants are part of the plan
- Someone to drive you and stay the first night, and a driver for the border
- Flexible travel, records requested and a doctor at home lined up
Warning signs after a breast lift
In an emergency, call 911, which works in the U.S. and Mexico, then tell your surgeon.
| What you notice | What to do |
|---|---|
| Breathlessness that comes on suddenly, chest pain that is often worse on a deep breath, a fast heart rate, a sudden cough, possibly with blood, or feeling dizzy, lightheaded or faint | These may signal a pulmonary embolus, a blockage in a lung artery that’s usually caused by a blood clot: go to the emergency room or call 911 (MedlinePlus) |
| Swelling in a leg or arm, pain or tenderness with no clear cause, skin that feels warm, or redness or discoloration | Possible signs of a deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot in a deep vein: contact your doctor as soon as possible (CDC). Warning signs of a blood clot covers clots after the trip |
| At an incision, pain, redness or swelling that keeps getting worse, yellow or green drainage, or bleeding or bruising | Contact your surgeon (MedlinePlus) |
| A temperature of 100°F (38°C) or higher | Contact your surgeon (MedlinePlus) |
| A breast that suddenly swells, or numbness or loss of movement | Contact your surgeon (MedlinePlus) |
| A rash, nausea, vomiting or a headache from your medicines | Contact your surgeon (MedlinePlus) |
Share this table with whoever is looking after you, and keep it once you’re home. If you can’t reach your surgeon, if something goes wrong after you’re home explains what to do and what to tell a doctor near you. With implants, also read warning signs after breast augmentation.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a breast lift cost in Mexico?
Your price is set by the surgeon’s office, and the surgeon’s fee for a lift varies with their experience, the type of procedure and the location (ASPS). As a U.S. reference, a breast lift’s average cost is $6,816 in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ latest statistics, which its cost page gives without a year, and that average leaves out anesthesia, operating room facilities and other related expenses (ASPS). Ask each surgeon for an itemized quote that lists anesthesia, the facility, surgical bras, drain and stitch removal, follow-up visits, any implants and the terms of a revision; what a breast lift costs has the questions, and what a medical tourism quote should include the rest.
How long should I stay in Mexico after a breast lift?
No official figure we found sets the number of days; your surgeon decides when you’re ready to leave. Plan around your milestones: any drainage tubes come out at the surgeon’s office within a few days, and a follow-up visit checks your healing and removes stitches if needed (MedlinePlus). Travel once your surgeon clears you, on flights or rides you can rebook. Your stay in Mexico covers the trip home, and how soon you can fly the published wait for breast surgery.
Can you breastfeed after a breast lift?
Some people can, but it isn’t certain: being unable to nurse a baby after surgery is a listed risk of breast surgery (MedlinePlus), and in one hospital’s study, which counted reductions and lifts together, breastfeeding succeeded less often in pregnancies after surgery than in those before it (Faure et al., 2024). If you may want to breastfeed, raise it at your first consultation, ask how your surgeon’s technique could affect it, and talk through waiting until you’ve finished having children. Breastfeeding and mammograms has the study’s figures and what to ask.
Is a breast lift in Mexico safe?
Much of it comes down to checks you can make before paying a deposit: whether a lift suits you and your timing, the surgeon’s credentials, the facility’s license and your plan for recovery and the trip home. Any operation like this carries the general risks of anesthesia and surgery, such as bleeding, blood clots and infection (MedlinePlus); risks and what to do pairs each one with a step. Our safety guide covers the travel advisory and what to do if a problem comes up.
Will a breast lift make my breasts bigger?
Not on its own: a lift doesn’t significantly change the size of your breasts or round out their upper part (ASPS). For more fullness, an implant can be added, in the same operation or a second one (ASPS), and for smaller breasts, a lift can be combined with a reduction (ASPS). Your surgeon recommends which suits you; see what a breast lift does.
How long does a breast lift last?
The result is long-lasting, but your breasts can keep changing with aging and gravity, and you’ll keep the look longer if you maintain your weight and a healthy lifestyle (ASPS). Pregnancy and changes in weight may make the breasts sag again (MedlinePlus), which is why breast surgery should be considered after you’ve finished having children (ASPS). See who a lift suits, and when.
Will a breast lift leave scars?
Yes. The scars are permanent, often very visible for up to a year, and may then fade without becoming invisible (MedlinePlus). Where they run depends on the incision pattern your surgeon recommends for your anatomy: around the areola, around it and down to the breast crease, or both, plus along the crease (ASPS). Ask where yours will sit, and protect healing scars from the sun; see incisions and scars.
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- Systematic review of outcomes and complications in nonimplant-based mastopexy surgery (2019; abstract on PubMed) di Summa PG et al., Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
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About this guide
The Uriym editorial team researched this guide from the 15 sources above, drafted it with AI assistance, and checked it claim by claim against those sources before publishing, last on . Our editorial standards explain how we choose sources, handle prices and make corrections.
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