common side effect?

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12 Oct 2012, 4:02 pm

Is it a common side effect if you have human growth hormone injections/treatment for your facial bones too grow heavier?

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12 Oct 2012, 4:18 pm

Jamesy wrote:

Is it a common side effect if you have human growth hormone injections/treatment for your facial bones too grow heavier?

Unless you have a medical need for it, you should reconsider.

You'll get a big fat face

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12 Oct 2012, 7:14 pm

Yes. Google images for "acromegaly" -- that's the name of the medical condition where a person's pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone.

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15 Oct 2012, 11:56 pm

If Dwyane Wade's expanding cheeks are any indication, then I would say yes.

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