Yahoo Lifestyle 48 Absolutely Fascinating Photos Of Injuries, Conditions, And Disorders That Prove Humans Are Freaking Metal
1.This is how wrinkled your fingers can get in the bath.
2.Did you know you can just cut off a tattoo rather than getting it laser removed? I mean, I wouldn't do it, but this person felt it was cheaper and easier.
3.Ever wondered what an MRI of someone talking looks like? Now you know!
4.People with hyperdontia have extra teeth — often in the roof of their mouth.
5.You can also have a bone mass on the roof of your mouth.
6.This is what it looks like when blood pools in your eye.
Called hyphema, this usually happens when an injury causes a tear in an eye's iris or pupil.
7.Similarly, here's how an eye stung by a wasp looks!
8.The way our bodies can adapt and heal is incredible to me. Here's a healed skin graft.
9.You can also graft gum tissue!
10.Here's another photo that demonstrates how well the body can heal — this is after ten weeks of recovery from tendon reconstructive surgery.
11.Conjoined fingers have always been fascinating to me.
12.They're even cooler when they're only partially conjoined.
13.You've probably heard that pneumonia means you get fluid in your lungs. Ever wonder what that fluid looks like? Here it is after being drained.
14.Turns out you don't need to go to a body museum or med school to see the cross-section of a finger!
15.Don't try this at home, kids.
16.This makes me uncomfy!!!
17.I don't even know what's going on here, but it's fascinating.
18.I don't know what's going on here, either, but I can't look away.
19.I have this!!! I basically get zombie fingers when I'm cold.
20.Ever wondered what frostbite looks like?
21.A three-second exposure to liquid propane looks similar.
22.Here's what it looks like on an X-Ray to be wildly, wildly constipated.
23.Your body does a really good job at naturally working stuff out of your skin...but it also means things can get lost in there for a bit.
24.Your body can even push out bullets over time.
25.If you've had an ingrown toenail, you know it can be a massive pain. But hopefully, you haven't had to deal with the Forbidden Chopsticks.
26.TIL the iris can essentially come out of your eye during surgery or due to injury!
27.Here's how swollen your uvula can get.
28.I bet you've never had a case of strep THIS bad.
29.Of course, if your tonsils are too big or swell too often, you can get them removed. Here's how big this person's were.
30.The recovery is pretty gnarly, though. They scab up, and you have to wait for them to fall off while your whole throat gets swollen.
31.And they can actually later grow back.
32.At least you're free of tonsil stones until they do, though!
33.Some people are born missing a finger.
34.And some people have an extra one!
35.These extras are usually fully functional, by the way.
36.Some people have their full five fingers but no thumb.
37.And some people have extra long fingers.
38.Or fingers with strange joints.
39.Or extra-big fingers.
40.Snake bites are no joke, y'all.
41.Or horsefly bites, apparently.
42.It's still so wild to me that we put actual SCREWS in people's bodies.
43.Don't get caustic soda in your eye, kids.
44.Modern medicine is wild. This person has a graft placed in their EYE to help it drain fluid that's stuck due to scarring.
45.Did you know it's possible for your retina to detach?
46.If you're someone who spends a lot of time in the sun, be careful. You might end up with a pterygium.
47.Ever seen webbed hands before?
48.And finally, if you stabbed yourself with a pencil back in elementary school and still see a mark on your hand...yes, there's probably still graphite in your body.
H/T: r/WTF
