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Being a female, can it be normal to palpate tissue beneath the skin in particularly fatty areas? some parts feel kinda lumpy when i press down hard...
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What is fatty tissue supposed to feel like? I can feel lots of small "fat" lumps underneath my skin in particularly fatty areas when I press down.
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Does your tissue under your skin feel bubbly whenever you push down to feel it? Like soft n lumpy not hard lumpy?
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