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How can barrel chest be corrected in adults?
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Barrel chest: This is a characteristic you were born with and i would try to learn to live with it. I suppose if you really looked you could find a surgeon willing to do major surgery to correct it but i would not adviceit.
Answered 11/27/2017
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