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A member asked:

My boyfriend and i were getting intimate and he started sucking and biting on my nipple. now my nipple is black and blue. is it from him?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

Hickey: A bruise may occur wherever the skin is stressed.

Dr Feola agreed

Answered 12/31/2015

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