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Would steriods make my bum grow bigger?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

You could gain : Weight in general but it would not cause your buttocks in specific to enlarge.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 10/18/2013

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