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While not everyone is cut out to be a doctor, millions of people around the world are happy to live vicariously through the lives of doctors and nurses by binge-watching medical dramas. “Grey’s Anatomy” has clocked over 3.2 billion hours of streaming time globally. Let’s not forget the popularity of “House”, “ER”, “Scrubs”, and “The Good Doctor”.
Viewers stay hooked, even if some parts make them want to look away. Watching medical science in action can be intriguing, and at the same time, disturbing. If you get sucked into hospital shows and are fascinated with the workings of the human body, keep scrolling.
Bored Panda has scoured the depths of the internet to compile a list of really interesting photos of the human body. From extreme close-ups of skin, to the effects of chemotherapy on nails, burns, bruises and even eye transplants... There's something here for anyone who has a morbid fascination with health and healing.
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#1
Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer! This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy!
#2
I Had A Brain Tumor Removed, And Now I’m A Bit Absent Minded
#3
Uncle's Eye Healed After Corneal Transplant Surgery
Medical dramas have become hugely popular over the years. Maybe we like watching someone else’s pain and suffering. Maybe we see doctors as superheroes. Or maybe we get a kick out of witnessing chaotic scenes play out in an operating theater. At least one doctor believes it’s because we have a morbid fascination with nature.
In particular, “our own amazing bodies, and all the things that can go wrong, but that are thankfully not going wrong for us in the moment" said Dr. Marian Rissenberg during an interview with Bustle. Rissenberg is a New York-based clinical neuropsychologist.
"I imagine that on some subconscious level, we cannot help but be intrigued at seeing something so socially unacceptable and morbid," said emergency medicine technician, Dr. Sonia Shah.
#4
My Injury Healed In A Nearly Perfect Heart Shape
#5
Mild Gore. Brother's Girlfriend's Transparent Skin Graft. F**k Cancer
#6
Before And After I Wear My Fake Eye
#7
The Seventeen Stitches Left In My Eye While It Recovers From Corneal Transplant Surgery
DennyS (denzoren) 3 weeks ago
It amazes me that we can do these procedures...like look how far we've advanced.
#8
The Difference Three Months Of Hardcore Chemotherapy Makes!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 weeks ago
OP's last post/comment on Reddit was 3 years ago. OP said they were diagnosed with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, which has a 15% 5-year survival rate. I wish I knew that they were okay and that they made it. Maybe they just changed their username :(
#9
Bruise Progression
#10
My Nails Pushing The Chemo Out Of My Fingertips
#11
My Scar Doesn’t Get Dirty When I’m At Work
#12
The Bruising I Had From A Recent Wisdom Tooth Extraction
#13
My Finger After Getting It Stuck In A Car Door
#14
Dealing With A Lung Infection And Coughed Up A Bronchial Cast - A Mucosal Plug That Retained The Shape Of The Bronchioles It Came Out Of
#15
Brain Surgery Scars On The Top Of My Head
#16
My Invisible (White) Tattoo Is Currently Visible
glowworm2 3 weeks ago
Explanation from OP:I have a connective tissue disorder (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome), which causes basically everything throughout my body to be weaker than it should be, including blood vessels. This was the result of having an arterial line inserted so they could monitor my blood pressure during surgery.
#17
I Got Stung By A Jellyfish 20 Years Ago That’s Effected The Cells In My Skin Meaning It Can’t Change Colour Due To Temperature
Brian Droste 3 weeks ago
It has been maybe two months ago but I looked up how many people get stung by jellyfish. I don't recall the approximately number of people, but it is in the millions each year. I am to lazy to look it up again.
#18
'stretched' Freckles On My Surgery Scar
#19
When My Son Was Born He Had A Knot In His Umbilical Cord
TruthoftheHeart 3 weeks ago
So so very lucky that it didn't tighten or it would have cut off the child's oxygen during birth
#20
Had A Nail Run Through My Eye. They Stretched My Pupil Over The Hole And Stitched It Up
#21
Burnt My Hand With An Iron At Age 1.5 This Is My Hand Almost 14 Years Later. Yes That Is Hair On My Hand
PeepPeep the duck 3 weeks ago
Well upside I guess you could make lots of ‘Marty’s fun private time’ jokes. As a burn survivor myself, this kind of skin graft must be a pain in the bum to manage
#22
My Eye Is Gradually Losing Its Color
#23
Cervical Fusion Surgery Scar 2 Weeks Post Op
Nikki van Reenen 3 weeks ago
Snap! I also have a cervical fusion scar on my neck. Hope all went well with your op.
#24
My Wife's Hair Color Naturally Changing After Childbirth
#25
Blood From A Vein(Top Bag) And Blood From An Artery(Bottom Bag). Your Blood Is Just Darker With No Oxygen In It, Not Blue
john doe 3 weeks ago
The modern belief that blood is blue before it comes in contact with o2 comes from how medical texts diagram the circulatory system, the effluent blood that goes to the cells for oxygen are transported by veins they are diagramed as red, the influent blood that has offloaded its o2 is taken back to the lungs in arteries they are diagramed as blue. So people have seen that for decades and it just kinda became "common knowledge"
#26
Something Interesting : I Got An Eye Injury 6 Years Ago That Left My Right Eye Blue Now Instead Of The Original Brown!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 weeks ago
From OP on Reddit: "So a quick overview is that I was hit in the eye with a tree branch and have had 6 surgeries on it so far. My pupil does not adjust anymore so it always looks like it’s extremely dilated and my iris peeled up and is no longer brown but is showing the blue underneath. Also, I no longer have a lens in that eye!" When asked if OP can see out of that eye: "Without a contact, nope nothing, with a contact at power 15 I can see blurred images... like the outline of my hand if it’s close to my face." When asked about their depth perception: "At first it was pretty difficult but I can still take in sunlight and my brain adjusted quite well. I honestly can’t even tell a difference anymore after so many years, unless I close my left eye."
#27
Thought You All Might Appreciate My Uncommon Stitches
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 weeks ago
Because I needed to know, even though the image made my spine quiver - from OP on Reddit: "Broken glass at work sliced and separated the front of my thumb from my thumbnail (I'm a bartender) And the Doc decided the best way to fix it would be to sow my thumb right back onto my nail lol. Didn't even know that was a possibility (expected it to be glued) or I probably would've forgone the hospital all together."
#28
Two Weeks Ago I Cleanly Sliced Off The Tip Of My Finger With A Mandoline. Today, You Can See Each Layer Of Skin Healing Separately
Huddo's sister 3 weeks ago
My brother's foot looked like this after he caught his shin in the spokes of my dad's bike. When it first happened it was all bloody and pus filled. Watching my mum treat the wound was probably when I first got interested in medical procedures.
#29
Scar From Carotid Artery Surgery
#30
How Chemotherapy Affect Nails
Jihana 3 weeks ago
A friend of mine had kidney cancer, after it was removed she told me that she had weird ridges on her fingernails for quite a long time. After the cancer was gone those ridges disappeared. Some years later I developed a huge ridge on a toenail. It was like the whole nail was wavy. I remember showing it to her in the swimming pool. Turns out I had uterine cancer, but very early stage. After the surgery my nails are normal again. Maybe it was a weird coincidence, but if you develop strange ridges across your nails, maybe go to the doctor.
#31
My Flesh-Eating Spider Bite Turned Into A Heart-Shaped Scar
#32
A Patch Of My Hair Fell Out 1.5 Years Ago And Has Grown Back Curly
#33
My Scab From An Oil Burn Took Part Of My Tattoo Along With It
#34
Breast Milk Color Difference 3 Days Postpartum vs. 8 Weeks Postpartum
#35
The Scar On My Hand, From A Skin Transplant From My Upper Arm, Gets More Tanned Than The Rest
#36
My Cornea Transplant Nearly 4 Months After Surgery
#37
Engine Grease Revealing Where I Prick My Fingers To Check Blood Sugar
Dorothy Reiser 3 weeks ago
I always used the sides of my fingers so I can use my fingers with less pain.
#38
I Got A Piece Of Metal Stuck In My Eye And It Left A Rust Ring After It Fell Out
#39
Burn Mark On Hand Reveiles Fresh Tattoo
#40
Only My Right Arm Is Allergic To My Wristwatch
Somebodys grandmother 3 weeks ago
Be carefull. The other arm will also be soner or later. Drop the watch. Been there, done that. My allergy just spred from there. It's nickel!
#41
You Can See Where My Hair Started Growing Out White Instead Of My Natural Colour
#42
My XL Wrist Vein
#43
Strands Of DNA Precipitated By Ethanol. About 3 Trillion Of Them
#44
My Skin Was So Dry It Made Patterns
#45
I Killed A Patch Of Nerves In My Cheek As A Child And Have Had A Lopsided Smile And One Dimple Ever Since
#46
Had Vitrectomy Surgery 3 Years Ago, And One Pupil Is Always Bigger Than The Other Now
#47
Less Than One Second Of 3,000°f Flame To A Finger Nail
#48
Left: Blister From A Candle Burn. Right: Blister From Frostbite 2 Days Later
#49
My Right Thumb Which Was Under A Cast For A Month Has Become Much Hairier Than My Left
Patti Golden 3 weeks ago
My daughter broke her radius and ulna she needed plates and screws in her arm and wore a cast. That was 18 years ago . That arm still grows dark long hair the other arm is short light hair. It has nothing to do with it being rubbed off
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Crescent 3 3 weeks ago
Did anybody note that since scars don't have pores and don't secrete oil, dirt doesn't stick to them? I can't remember if I saw that in any of these pictures.
Kyra Heiker 3 weeks ago
Now I understand why the nurses at my chemotherapy were so astounded that my fingernails remained strong and healthy throughout my entire run of chemo. I had no idea it was unusual.
Crescent 3 3 weeks ago
Did anybody note that since scars don't have pores and don't secrete oil, dirt doesn't stick to them? I can't remember if I saw that in any of these pictures.
Kyra Heiker 3 weeks ago
Now I understand why the nurses at my chemotherapy were so astounded that my fingernails remained strong and healthy throughout my entire run of chemo. I had no idea it was unusual.
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