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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!
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#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) 1 year 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) 1 year 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
MZ (she/they/he) 1 year ago
From OP: I was sitting on the couch, holding my sick one year old and he started throwing up. I stood up to get away from the couch and slipped on the puke. We both went crashing down to the floor and I whacked my arm on the metal baby gate. I mostly managed to keep baby from hitting the floor too hard. He was still throwing up while we sat in the floor in shock together….it was quite the scene. Everyone is okay now!
#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
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Stars above, that’s alarming. Anybody know why that may be? Nerves? Just the tools the dentists would have used?
#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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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) 1 year 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) 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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
#50
The Bruise On My Arm Healing After K-Tape
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
K-Tape doesn't "heal" muscle or joint injuries, though some people try to get you to believe it has special properties. It works as muscle/joint support and can also help with scar healing/stretching. It really sucks if OP got injured/hurt further by using it when they were probably led into believing it would help with some other issue.
#51
My Allergy Skin Test From Today
#52
Swollen Left Hand After Insect Bite, Compared To 'Normal' Right Hand
#54
6 Lines On My Fingernails, One For Each Chemo Session I Had Recently
●Fool● 1 year ago
My nails look like this and i have never had chemo/ cancer. Is this bad??
#55
In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of DNA Looks Like
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
We did tests with our own DNA at a Gene Technology Access Centre when I was in high school. It was really cool to see the strands like this.
#56
Scar Changed How My Thumb Nail Grows
Judy Reynolds 1 year ago
I got my left thumb caught in a car door when I was about 6, and the nail is double thick ever since.
#57
My Husband Got Scalp Edema From A Severe Sunburn
#58
The Bruises On My Arm After Nurses Couldn’t Find A Vein
#60
Starting To Lose The First Joint Crease On My Ring Finger After Being Splinted For 7 Weeks
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago (edited)
OP gonna have a hell of a time rehabbing that. You're supposed to take the splint off once in a while, to wash, and to maintain at least a little range of motion. That finger is gonna be stiff as a board, and physical therapy will be very painful. (Source: husband has had several broken fingers.)
#61
I’m Wearing A Thermal Nail Polish And I Can See How Much Hotter My Infected Ring Finger Is
#62
My Finger After I Finally Got A Ring Off That’s Been On For 2 1/2 Years Straight
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
Must have been a pain to remove. It wasn't the proper size, I never take off my wedding ring (more than 10 years) and it's not looking like that. At all.
#63
My Histamine Response After Spider Bite On Eyelid
#64
A Chunk Of My Red Hair From When I Was 16 Compared To My Faded With Time Hair Now That I'm 27
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
This happened to me too, except my hair darkened with age instead of fading! Approx. 5-year-old Lakota vs. 42-year-old Lakota XD babykota_v...3025f7.jpg 
#65
My Roommate Was Born With 12 Fingers And Had Them Amputated As An Infant
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
When you get this surgery is it because it's necessary, or just cosmetic?
#66
This Patch Of White Hair We Somehow Just Found On My Head Today At Only 20 Years Old
#67
So I Recently Went On A Color Run And My Scar Repelled The Dye
#68
I Was Stabbed In The Eye With A Hanger 11 Years Ago
#69
24 Hours After Being Stung By A Yellow Jacket On My Middle Upper Knuckle
#70
Muscle Atrophy In My Right Leg Compared To Left After Tibial Plateau Fracture Surgery
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
This one is annoying cos it takes em forever to even out (I got burns on my lower body but not my left leg) calf muscles looked so funny for ages
#71
My Ears Before, And After Getting Them Reconstructed (Almost 3 Years Healed)
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Would be interesting to see the ears before first piercing for comparison. Also, I wouldn't like to have face tattoos myself either -like some downvoted folks here. But HER face tattoos Are. None. Of. My. Business. She looks so happy!!
#72
The Time I Got Gnarly Hives All Over My Body
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Good Lord. I hope you keep Benadryl in the house and Epi Pens if you need them.
#73
Neurologist Let Me Take A Picture Of My Spinal Fluid After My Lumbar Puncture Procedure
#74
My Friends Medication Makes Some Of His Hair Grow White While He's Taking It, So His Hair Becomes Stripey Over Time As He Goes On And Off The Medication
#75
My Scars Don't Seem To Sweat
#76
Nail Damage From Chemotherapy
Thought this was interesting - you can see the ridge on my nails where the chemo damage starts. I finished chemo in June, so this is almost two months of healthy growth.
The ring finger nail is only attached by the small patch at the bottom - the rest is just free. The bruising (?) on the middle nail is mildly uncomfortable and I expect that's the next nail to detach. Interestingly, my thumb nail escaped largely unharmed, except for one large ridge!
#77
Baby's Natural Ombré. Born With Dark Brown Hair That's Grown In Blonde Since Birth
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
That amazes me is that birth hair kept growing...my kids all lost theirs before it regrow (lighter).
#78
I Have A Tiny Vial Of My Own Dehydrated Blood
#79
When I Drink Alcohol My Scar On My Thumb Lights Up Like A Neon Light Or Lightsaber
RamiRudolph 1 year ago
It's like an alcohol level meter. If it gets to a certain shape of red, stop drinking.
#80
The Shape Of My Tongue Due To Wearing Retainers At Night
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Like, right after wearing the retainer or years after no longer wearing it?
#81
An Octopus Bite Wound
#83
Severed A Nerve In My Index Finger... Half My Finger Can No Longer Prune
#84
Growing My Hair Out After Radiotherapy. Part Of It Is Ginger, Part Of It Is Brown
#85
This Plasma Separated From My Blood Over A 3 Hour Sitting
#86
My Fingers Get Very Swollen When I Exercise
#87
This Beard Hair Used To Be Gray Before I Started Taking Medication For My Anxiety
Nichole Harris 1 year ago
I wonder if the medication caused this directly or if it's a response to reduction in stress
#88
Old Injury On Hand Now Gets Dirty Or Stays Clean Opposite To The Rest Of The Hand
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
OK, we've learnt about the "stays clean" part...but why does it exclusively get dirty?
#89
I Got A Mosquito Bite Next To A Tattoo And It Made The Letters Swell Up Into 3D
#90
I Used A Microscope On My Shaved Head Realized My Hairs Grow In Pairs
#91
My Seasonal Allergies Manifest As Itchy Bumps On My Tattoo, But Only On The Red And Black Side
#92
Size Difference In My Legs After An Injury And Putting No Weight On One For 3 Months
#94
My Pinky Toe Nails Grow Completely Vertical
#95
Accidentally Got This Sick Burn From My Space Heater
Upstaged75 1 year ago
As a teen I burned the back of my leg on hot engine of the lawn mower. It scabbed over in to a perfect pound/hashtag symbol. :)
#96
A Scab That Formed Over A Fresh Tattoo
#97
The Amount Of Atrophy My Left Leg Had After A Cast For Six Weeks
Brian Droste 1 year ago
If you don't use your muscles for a long time, that is what will happened.
#98
My Friend Broke His Arm And The Surgery Misaligned His Tattoo
#99
The Very Detailed Imprint On My Leg Left By My Hand While I Was Sleeping
#100
I Went Four Wheeling And The Dirt Stuck To My Leg Everywhere But Where I Have Scars
#101
Apparently You Can't Get Bruises On Old Scars
#102
This Burn On My Finger Doesn’t Get Dirty
#103
The Bruise On My Knee Traveled “Up” Because I’ve Had To Elevate My Leg
#104
Poison Ivy Doesn't Cause A Rash On Scar Tissue
#105
This Is My Girlfriend 4 Hours After Giving Birth
#106
The Hair On The Pale Part Of My Watch Tan Is Black, But The Hair On The Tan Part Of My Arm Is White
#107
Sand Doesn't Stick On Scars
#108
This Patch On My Skin Never Tans/Burns. I’ve Had It Since I Was Born!
#109
What Blood Looks Like With The Red Blood Cells Removed
#111
I Got Bit By A Mosquito Twice And A Line Joining Them Formed
#112
My Toenail Grew In Extra Thick During My Pregnancy Then Abruptly Stopped Growing Thick Once I Gave Birth To My Son
Brandie Litchfield 1 year ago
Pregnancy and giving birth are both very traumatic to a woman's body!
#113
The Scar On My Arm Doesn’t Get Dirty
#114
I've Had A Splinter Stuck In My Finger For About 4 Years
#115
My Scar Doesnt Sweat Anymore So Dirt Doesnt Stick To It
#116
The Imprint Of My Mother's Thumb Burned Into My Forearm
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Folks, be careful with babies/toddlers and hot water/beverages, please. So painful when they grow.
#118
I Have Not Worn A Watch For Over 10 Years, But You Can Still See Where It Used To Be On My Arm
#119
Surgery After My My Radius Fracture Surgery. They Didn't Line My Tattoo Up
#120
Broke My Arm - 1 Week Later Fingernails No Longer Grow At Same Rate
ROSESARERED 1 year ago
They usually don't. Fingernails grow fastest on the hand we use the most, more blood circulation
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Crescent 3 1 year 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.
Crescent 3 1 year 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.
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