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Protruding Blade Of Rib Cage, Prominent Compared To The Rest. What Can Be Done?

I am a girl in seventeen I have a problem in the rib cage is the emergence of blades and one in the left and the second in the right bearing in mind that this topic problem with me since my childhood but told me that with the arena will disappear, but this did not happen and I see that there are facial prominent than others what should I do ??
Tue, 7 Aug 2012
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Hi,
thanks for writing in.
If you are otherwise asymptomatic do not worry about these bony defects. Any heroic attempt to correct them could cause more harm than good.
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Protruding Blade Of Rib Cage, Prominent Compared To The Rest. What Can Be Done?

Hi, thanks for writing in. If you are otherwise asymptomatic do not worry about these bony defects. Any heroic attempt to correct them could cause more harm than good. With regards