HELP! My Macbook keyboard face is cracking!

I'm a college student and use my Macbook in every class. I have a bookbag with a heavily padded computer carrying area. However, the facing on the keyboard area, around the very edges, is starting to chip away! Can you buy a new facing for it? (If this term isn't making sense, the piece that is cut to fit around all of the keys and is what covers all of the internal technology all the way to the outer edge of the computer). I've never seen or heard of anyone else's doing this- I don't understand what's going on! I take good care of it- don't sit anything on top of it, never dropped it- nothing. Can anyone help?

If it's under warranty they will replace the entire keyboard, trackpad and trackpad button, as well as the front facing. I just had mine replaced a few weeks ago! Don't worry its a known problem.

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