How to fix dead pixels on a 20 inch flat panel??

I bought my 20 in flat panel 3 years ago. Both the Dell and the Apple used the same panel from the same manufacturer. My choice was Dell because of the 3 year warranty and 5 selectable inputs. So much for history. In the last 2 weeks I have found what I thought were 2 areas of dead pixels perhaps 10x10 pixels. They were sort of irregular blobs. They were definitely not on the surface of the screen. i.e. dirt. On the off chance I was blind or something I took a very soft cloth, wet it with plain water, rubbed the blobs using my finger tip and they disappeared. I watched through a magnifying glass and you could see the surrounding pixels distorting from the pressure. I don't know what I did to the LCD layer behind the glass but the suffice to say the blobs were gone. The same thing should apply to the Apple display since it uses the same panel. I am not recommending this as a tested and guaranteed fix I am just telling my experience. PS, I am an absolute Mac fan and am not recommending any one elses product.

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