This swollen and uncomfortable looking ear is from a staph infection of unknown origin. Ultimately it resulted in a week of hospitalization while on three simultaneous antibiotics to kill off the very serious infection. A thing to remember about stretched lobes is that they can act like “the canary in the mine shaft” for a lot of people &mdash if you’re getting a cold, your ears may get a little irritated first, and so on. Or in this case, be the rupture point for an infection (hopefully moddoctor will pop in and comment with something less medically amateur).
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292 responses to “Ear Agony”
What happened to the skill testing question you had to answer to post on modblog?
What happened to the skill testing question you had to answer to post on modblog?
What happened to the skill testing question you had to answer to post on modblog?
What happened to the skill testing question you had to answer to post on modblog?
Ugh. That looks like it hurts so bad. I hope my ears don’t get that infection. I would hate to lose 1 1/2 inch lobes…
Ugh. That looks like it hurts so bad. I hope my ears don’t get that infection. I would hate to lose 1 1/2 inch lobes…
Ugh. That looks like it hurts so bad. I hope my ears don’t get that infection. I would hate to lose 1 1/2 inch lobes…
Ugh. That looks like it hurts so bad. I hope my ears don’t get that infection. I would hate to lose 1 1/2 inch lobes…
so is moddoctor an actual doctor who is also into mods; or a mod guy who is also int medicine?
so is moddoctor an actual doctor who is also into mods; or a mod guy who is also int medicine?
so is moddoctor an actual doctor who is also into mods; or a mod guy who is also int medicine?
so is moddoctor an actual doctor who is also into mods; or a mod guy who is also int medicine?
Aww, my heart goes out to this guy… Someone should do an interview with him at some point and get an idea of how it all happened, recovery, his ears afterwards, etc. This is one of the most frightening photos of a piercing problem I’ve ever seen.
(footnote: I know the piercing was not the stem of the problem, but since its affecting it directly, I’d like to know the aftermath)
Aww, my heart goes out to this guy… Someone should do an interview with him at some point and get an idea of how it all happened, recovery, his ears afterwards, etc. This is one of the most frightening photos of a piercing problem I’ve ever seen.
(footnote: I know the piercing was not the stem of the problem, but since its affecting it directly, I’d like to know the aftermath)
Aww, my heart goes out to this guy… Someone should do an interview with him at some point and get an idea of how it all happened, recovery, his ears afterwards, etc. This is one of the most frightening photos of a piercing problem I’ve ever seen.
(footnote: I know the piercing was not the stem of the problem, but since its affecting it directly, I’d like to know the aftermath)
Aww, my heart goes out to this guy… Someone should do an interview with him at some point and get an idea of how it all happened, recovery, his ears afterwards, etc. This is one of the most frightening photos of a piercing problem I’ve ever seen.
(footnote: I know the piercing was not the stem of the problem, but since its affecting it directly, I’d like to know the aftermath)
Ouch! That looks like my ear when I had cellulitis, but mine never got to be that bad.
Ouch! That looks like my ear when I had cellulitis, but mine never got to be that bad.
Ouch! That looks like my ear when I had cellulitis, but mine never got to be that bad.
Ouch! That looks like my ear when I had cellulitis, but mine never got to be that bad.
Does anyone know if this is a common thing that can happen? I mean, how likely is it that a case of staph could get this bad every time a person gets it? I hope I phrased that correctly.
Does anyone know if this is a common thing that can happen? I mean, how likely is it that a case of staph could get this bad every time a person gets it? I hope I phrased that correctly.
Does anyone know if this is a common thing that can happen? I mean, how likely is it that a case of staph could get this bad every time a person gets it? I hope I phrased that correctly.
Does anyone know if this is a common thing that can happen? I mean, how likely is it that a case of staph could get this bad every time a person gets it? I hope I phrased that correctly.
wow poor guy he looks so sad
wow poor guy he looks so sad
wow poor guy he looks so sad
wow poor guy he looks so sad
I feel so bad for him. I can’t even imagine what that would be like.
It’s scary for me seeing this, I have one of those persistent staph infections that causes me to be on antibiotics constantly as a preventitave. I wonder if this could happen to me when/if I am taken off the antobiotics.
I feel so bad for him. I can’t even imagine what that would be like.
It’s scary for me seeing this, I have one of those persistent staph infections that causes me to be on antibiotics constantly as a preventitave. I wonder if this could happen to me when/if I am taken off the antobiotics.
I feel so bad for him. I can’t even imagine what that would be like.
It’s scary for me seeing this, I have one of those persistent staph infections that causes me to be on antibiotics constantly as a preventitave. I wonder if this could happen to me when/if I am taken off the antobiotics.
I feel so bad for him. I can’t even imagine what that would be like.
It’s scary for me seeing this, I have one of those persistent staph infections that causes me to be on antibiotics constantly as a preventitave. I wonder if this could happen to me when/if I am taken off the antobiotics.
Oooh, ouch. Poor guy, he looks so unhappy! (not that I wonder why..)
Oooh, ouch. Poor guy, he looks so unhappy! (not that I wonder why..)
Oooh, ouch. Poor guy, he looks so unhappy! (not that I wonder why..)
Oooh, ouch. Poor guy, he looks so unhappy! (not that I wonder why..)
yowza! i got somthing like that about three weeks ago. i lost my 1″ left lobe.
yowza! i got somthing like that about three weeks ago. i lost my 1″ left lobe.
yowza! i got somthing like that about three weeks ago. i lost my 1″ left lobe.
yowza! i got somthing like that about three weeks ago. i lost my 1″ left lobe.
man i was feeling so bad about the effect on the mods,but shit an infection so close to the brain is frightning.
huge mojo from new zealand coming out to ya and post the progress.
man i was feeling so bad about the effect on the mods,but shit an infection so close to the brain is frightning.
huge mojo from new zealand coming out to ya and post the progress.
man i was feeling so bad about the effect on the mods,but shit an infection so close to the brain is frightning.
huge mojo from new zealand coming out to ya and post the progress.
man i was feeling so bad about the effect on the mods,but shit an infection so close to the brain is frightning.
huge mojo from new zealand coming out to ya and post the progress.
*sniff* Oh that poor fellow! I hope it gets better. I’d like to see some recovery images (if there will be any). I hope his recovery goes smoothly.
*sniff* Oh that poor fellow! I hope it gets better. I’d like to see some recovery images (if there will be any). I hope his recovery goes smoothly.
*sniff* Oh that poor fellow! I hope it gets better. I’d like to see some recovery images (if there will be any). I hope his recovery goes smoothly.
*sniff* Oh that poor fellow! I hope it gets better. I’d like to see some recovery images (if there will be any). I hope his recovery goes smoothly.
that really sucks. my ears have had something like that (not that bad..) and around my ears on my cheeks and just behind my ears went all red like that. it really sucks.
that really sucks. my ears have had something like that (not that bad..) and around my ears on my cheeks and just behind my ears went all red like that. it really sucks.