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This is What Happens When You Bang Your Implant

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


So … that’s unpleasant. A cautionary tale:

Well this is a lesson learned: Never fight if you have implants. I banged my arm on a wall during a fight and this was the result. It started off as a small graze and over a week the pressure opened the hole right up. The implant is clearly visible and it got infected; obviously, it had to be removed.

Guhhh. See? A life of nonviolence, among the many other benefits, will probably keep your implants from rotting out of your goddamn arm. At any rate, we wish this fella the best of luck in healing.

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Comments

66 responses to “This is What Happens When You Bang Your Implant”

  1. Max Brand Avatar
    Max Brand

    you should never fight for any reason….

  2. Max Brand Avatar
    Max Brand

    you should never fight for any reason….

  3. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    That is the stupidest thing I have heard all day.

  4. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    That is the stupidest thing I have heard all day.

  5. wildefae Avatar
    wildefae

    …..ew.

  6. wildefae Avatar
    wildefae

    …..ew.

  7. ward. Avatar
    ward.

    Pretty much why I’d never consider a forearm implant.

  8. ward. Avatar
    ward.

    Pretty much why I’d never consider a forearm implant.

  9. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Grm… I like implants, but I can’t be so careful to carry them in me…

  10. goldust Avatar
    goldust

    Grm… I like implants, but I can’t be so careful to carry them in me…

  11. la Avatar
    la

    wow…
    take my simpathies…

    i have implants on my left arm too and i like to fight…
    hope, i won’t have the same shit…

  12. la Avatar
    la

    wow…
    take my simpathies…

    i have implants on my left arm too and i like to fight…
    hope, i won’t have the same shit…

  13. la Avatar
    la

    morals: if u like to fight, set special implants 🙂

  14. la Avatar
    la

    morals: if u like to fight, set special implants 🙂

  15. Guybrush Avatar
    Guybrush

    Couldn’t a stitch or two where it was grazed have prevented this outcome? Releasing the tension at the top while it heals up…

  16. Guybrush Avatar
    Guybrush

    Couldn’t a stitch or two where it was grazed have prevented this outcome? Releasing the tension at the top while it heals up…

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