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Is lipoma twitching regular? (Photo)

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DockOck22Jun 25, 2016

I can see the lipoma when I flex my chest muscles close to the middle of my chest I have a lipoma on the right side of my sternum and it started twitching after I went to the doctor 4 days ago. I came back to him today and told him and he said it's because I have been rubbing it should I be concerned

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