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I have been obsessively rubbing my costal cartilage in the top-left corner of my chest, and it has started to bruise. Is it possible that I damaged the cartilage from rubbing it with my fingers many times, sort of aggressively, to the point of it hurting? Thanks,
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Reason to rub cartolage is unknown. Bruising is possible due to rubbing over cartolage. Stop rubbing kver cartilage...it can develope overgrowth/hypertrophy.
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consult your ortho surgeon u need to stop pain of cartilage or to treat reson which is compelling u to rub over it.
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