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I don't see how it is "damaging" though. Weird, yes, but it's so small it seems neither unsightly nor likely to cause harm

• JadeNB 7y ago
  I don't know anything about the research, and suspect the article is being alarmist, but I'm a little bit confused by our dialogue—first you asked why it was a negative thing, and now you're asking why it is a "damaging" thing, with "damaging" in quotes, even though neither the article nor I uses that word. I don't think that the article means to suggest that the bone growths themselves are causing damage, but rather that they are indicating damage (though, again, I have no expertise to evaluate that claim, and haven't even followed up on any links in the article).
  • opportune 7y ago
    It was a response to your post "seems to be that regular smartphone useage does as much damage to young people in a short time as was previously only done in a lifetime."
    • JadeNB 7y ago
      Right you are; I didn't read my own post carefully enough. I still think that the intended interpretation is that the growths are indicative of, rather than the cause of, damage.