Thread: Eli5: Why is it that bone growth hurts (growing pains), but skin stretching doesn?t hurt (stretch ma

Eli5: Why is it that bone growth hurts (growing pains), but skin stretching doesn?t hurt (stretch ma (by Sparky)

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Sparky (0)

(30 / M-F / Massachusetts)
16-Jun-20 6:40 am

eli5: Why is it that bone growth hurts (growing pains), but skin stretching doesn?t hurt (stretch marks)?

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