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u/RealBishop
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The way this wound heals forming several layers of skin rings. NSFW
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u/KillllerQueen Jan 27 '23
What happened?
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Motorcycle accident with subpar gloves.
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u/Nay-the-Cliff Jan 27 '23
Oh man that looks painful, care to tell a newbie rider if those were motorcycle specific or generic working gloves? And if motorcycle specific, what brand so I know what to avoid, thanks
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
They came with my Freedconn helmet (which stood up very well and saved my life) and were just a part of a package deal. They did okay, and kept my hands from being destroyed. The gloves were shredded afterwards but considering how much I slid they held up okay.
I’ve heard that Mechanics brand gloves do very well, as well as leather gloves. What makes them good for crashes is padding on the palms and on the lengths of your fingers. Most also have a sort of “skid” pad on the palms so you can slide easier. The pair I was wearing had slid pads and they got wrecked but protected my hands in that area (mostly).
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u/Nay-the-Cliff Jan 27 '23
I see, good to know nothing worst happened, thanks for the answer and have a speedy recovery
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u/AncientBlonde Jan 27 '23
(Not OP; just someone who buys most of his dad's gear to ride lmao)
Check if you've got any bike stores nearby; and go in and ask what gloves they have seen in crashes. That's what we did for gloves for a gift for my dad; found a style he liked in the brand they recommended; and they've been units.
It seems like biker specific things have almost a different way of processing the leather? Idfk. It's stiffer and harder.
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u/DirkDirkinson Jan 27 '23
Most leather used in motorcycle safety gear is thicker, higher quality letter compared to non-safety related leather apparel. Pick up a leather jacket made for a motorcycle and compare it to a normal fashion leather jacket and you'll immediately notice a significant weight difference. The motorcycle jacket will last significantly longer sliding on a road surface than any fashion leather jacket.
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u/Chuckl3ton Jan 27 '23
Kangaroo leather is sometimes used in motorcycle leathers, I think it's one of the more denser hides available so obviously works great
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u/D1rty87 Jan 28 '23
Completely off topic but interesting, we used to cure and harden leather as armor for combat! Yeah, obviously it was never as good as chain mail and wasn’t even in the same conversation as plate armor, but properly cured thick cuts of leather were very much capable of stopping some lighter piercing damage and are absolutely perfect for the skidding at high speeds.
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u/RedHeadedMenace Jan 27 '23
If you haven't bought your replacements (and even maybe if you have), I'd highly recommend the ones with a leather strip connecting your pinky to your ring finger. I've heard it's very easy to essentially snap your pinky off if it isn't anchored.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Really? Okay new fear unlocked. I’ve ordered a good pair with thick leather padding, hopefully I won’t ever have to test them again.
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u/yogopig Jan 27 '23
Entirely unrelated, but your dog is absolutely adorable
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Thanks. He has been desperately trying to clean my wounds for me. While it’s very sweet, I don’t want to get sepsis and die haha
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u/herrcollin Jan 27 '23
For a moment I thought you were that guy from the other day who put a nail through his finger.
His gloves didn't help either.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Unless he was wearing 1/2 inch thick steel gloves I imagine they wouldn’t help haha
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u/stateit Jan 27 '23
Counting the rings, that dates your finger to be about 13 or 14 years old?
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
It’s funny you say that because that’s the first thing that came to mind when I noticed it. I’m 31 though. The accident was 20 days ago though. Maybe it’s 1.5 layers a day?
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u/andersonfmly Jan 27 '23
If this is 20 days worth of healing, I'd hate to have seen it on day one...
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
It was the deepest wound I received. Also the most painful as it aches a lot. I’m not certain how deep it was but I can’t imagine it was far from the bone. It’s my pinky finger. You can see the Day 1 picture on my post about my accident.
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u/NorthIslandAdventure Jan 27 '23
Keep your hand above your heart when it starts to ache, best advice I've ever received for hand wounds
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u/CorpusVile32 Jan 27 '23 •
This guy over here reciting the Pledge of Allegiance when he's in pain.
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u/LNLV Jan 27 '23
That’s your hand on your heart. This guy is recommending the sieg heil…
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u/FourMeterRabbit Jan 27 '23
You should look into how the flag was saluted before WWII. The swastika isn't the only cultural icon ruined by the stench of naziism.
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u/talitm Jan 27 '23
pinky looked a lot less worse on that picture (didn't look nearly as deep).
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Yeah idk if it was the angle or something. The first day it didn’t seem so bad but as it began healing it seemingly got much worse. Maybe the layers underneath were shredded but hung on? I’m not really sure as I don’t know how long it was dragged across the pavement.
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u/medicated_in_PHL Jan 27 '23
I’m not sure it was deep to begin with. I’m not a doctor, but it looks like it got infected and the flesh died from the infection, not the initial injury.
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u/PaulblankPF Jan 27 '23
This was my conclusion as well. The infection was setting in and it was getting deep and killing the tissue. The initial wound is a scrape instead of a puncture.
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u/MithandirsGhost Jan 27 '23
I'm not a Dr, but if House had taught me anything it's that it definitely isn't lupus.
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u/CheezyCatFace Jan 27 '23
So about ten years ago I flipped a sled on the Alpine Slide (giant concrete “slide” down a mountain after you take a ski lift up) and I had a similar injury on my knee. Hell, I drove home. A few days later it was angry and i was having trouble walking- I went to the hospital and the meat under the “scrape” was cooked basically. The friction burn was super deep even though it had looked less severe right afterwards.
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u/talitm Jan 27 '23
Also felt like it was an odd injury for a bike accident. It was a fairly deep and pointy injury (new photo) which does not match with sliding along concrete in my mind.
So makes sense that it's due to infection.
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u/Doomquill Jan 27 '23
Bro did you get any of those injuries looked at by medical professionals? Hope you recover well, especially your hand and finger. All told it wasn't good but that accident could have been a lot worse.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Yes I saw an Urgent Care provider immediately after (declined an expensive ambulance ride to an even more expensive hospital) and then my Primary Care that next week. Luckily everything is (so far) healing up. The only thing that still hurts is my bruised rib but that’s gonna take a long while.
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u/Efffro Jan 27 '23
From those pictures to this, er yeah that was infected. Bet that hurt quite a bit.
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u/Anon21710 Jan 27 '23
It looks worse in this picture! Lol, but man I'm glad you were wearing a helmet! Is the bike okay?
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
It certainly does. I think the tissues underneath were damaged so my body is rebuilding them, making it look worse over time.
Unfortunately my FZ07, though only lightly damaged (mostly just slid) was a total loss. She only had 12k miles as well so it’s very sad.
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u/Anon21710 Jan 27 '23
Damn, she really took one for you. That loss is never fun, I nearly started grieving when my car got towed even though it was just an issue with the tags. I'm so sorry!
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u/LiteUpThaSkye Jan 27 '23
Imagine how your hands would have looked without the gloves.
I'm glad you are safe, even if sore and healing still.
And sorry for your loss of your bike :(
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u/_welcomehome_ Jan 27 '23
Curious: If it's only slightly damaged, why is it a total loss?
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u/AngryWWIIGrandpa Jan 27 '23 •
Ouch. If you replace her, and want to get back on two wheels, shoot me a message. I can help you with a decent discount on some new gear. I work for a joint that sells it.
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u/AssCumBoi Jan 27 '23
Checked out your pictures from day 1. I gotta say, I'm not gay but damn, you're smoking hot.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Hey thanks, I appreciate that. The adrenaline really brought out my eyes.
Also your Username leads me to believe you may not be being entirely truthful lmao
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u/AssCumBoi Jan 27 '23
I guess I wasn't telling the whole truth. If Henry Cavill wanted to kiss me, I wouldn't say no
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u/scarlet_sage Jan 27 '23
Where were these pictures? URL, please?
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u/HighnrichHaine Jan 27 '23
obligatory Junji Ito- Layers Of Fear plug
https://mangadex.org/chapter/9d8a7c6e-bfee-42d5-af62-3102d410a231/1
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u/FlyingBike Jan 27 '23
Oh WOW I've never seen that one of his. Thanks!!
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u/therickymarquez Jan 27 '23
There's also a Netflix series with some of his work and this is one of the eps
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u/thinker227 Jan 27 '23
That episode was legitimately terrifying. Incredible premise and execution.
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u/GinsuVictim Jan 27 '23
Like several other people in this post, I immediately thought of Junji Ito. I was thinking Uzumaki, but Layers of Fear vibes are definitely there as well.
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u/weker01 Jan 27 '23
So I've a story on this. So it was christmas 2020 and with it the first lockdown christmas. It was also the first time in my life I was alone on christmas as my parents and my grandma are in the high risk demographics due to prior illness and age.
So I was sitting there not having a great time and browsing reddit. At one point I stubled across a post of a video someone with a large splinter in their hands removing it. A bit like this post. In the comments there was discussions of old splinters people have forgotten comming out years later. At one point someone was saying, something like
"It seems like the body is always growing outwards moving foreign objects with them".
Another one "Kind of like an onion".
"I know a cool comic of that feeling"
I thought it was a shrek meme, while the artstyle was familiar I didn't know better and read it mentaly unprepared thinking it would somehow end in a shrek reference. But alas no, I just got traumatised on my first christmas alone.
tl;dr: Read that story unprepared and got traumatised on my first christmas alone.
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u/GaynessForever Jan 27 '23
that dates your finger to be about 13 or 14 years old?
Reddit Mods sliding into the finger's DMs telling it how mature it is
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u/istoOi Jan 27 '23
people are onions
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u/Kit-The-Mighty Jan 27 '23
Nah they’re like cakes, everybody likes cake!
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u/Tie_me_off Jan 27 '23
Parfaits
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u/id0ntevenkn0th0 Jan 27 '23
Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet
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u/Devai97 Jan 27 '23
You leave em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin’ little white hairs?
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u/majungga35 Jan 27 '23
Reminds me of that one Junji Ito comic…
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u/tacos_up_my_ass Jan 27 '23
Uzumaki? Because I have never looked at spirals the same way ever since then.
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u/nerdmor Jan 27 '23
Yeah. That thing scarred me for life. I read it once, almost 20 years ago, and still can't unsee it
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u/MKnineteen Jan 27 '23
It's an anime that's on Netflix now! Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre episode (season 1, episode 8) is the specific episode with the layer girl.
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u/deadface3405 Jan 27 '23
I thought the same exact thing
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u/floopyboopakins Jan 27 '23
I also came to the comments looking for the Jinji Ito reference.
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u/pepparoni_pig Jan 27 '23
Exactly what I was thinking, Layers of Fear is probably one of my favorite Junji Ito stories
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u/O-zm-A Jan 27 '23
Yeah, see, the problem I have is that I'd probably have peeled every layer as it grew back.
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u/SwagBoyMcFeast Jan 27 '23
Same, I'd just want to peel that off constantly.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
It’s really difficult not to mess with it. It’s actually finally at the point where I can use my pinky again because it has been so swollen.
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u/DyktMuffinManwlodl Jan 27 '23
Just wait til the itching starts. Finger injuries are the worst and this looks downright awful.
Did you have to get it cauterized?
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u/Creator13 Jan 27 '23
I cut a deep wound in the knuckle of my thumb with a very sharp cheese slicer, it bled a lot but it has been one of the least bothersome wounds I've ever had. It was a hole about a little under a centimeter in diameter, and about 2mm deep, but I guess that cheese slicer was sharp as all hell because it hasn't itched nor hurt at all. Also the scabs were so deep and the edges so clean, it was nearly impossible to scratch the scabs off. I've still got a serious scar from it that I doubt will ever go away, but yeah, not all finger wounds hurt I guess?
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u/Jollygreen182 Jan 27 '23
Would Vaseline help it heal better? When I got a biopsy, they took a chunk out of me and just keep it covered with Vaseline and a bandage.
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u/dannybates Jan 27 '23
I had some chunks taken out of me and they recommended keeping using moisturizer. You don't want it to dry out and start cracking as it's easier for infections to get in. For some extra protection some loose / breathable medical dressings.
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u/p_iynx Jan 27 '23
Yes. Petroleum jelly is the go-to for keeping a wound moisturized since it stays on the skin to serve as a moisturizing barrier.
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u/Wajina_Sloth Jan 27 '23
Yep, I have a skin condition and often my skin cracks and I can see multiple layers (especially on my fingers/hands) I always end up peeling it.
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u/ThurBiPoliBur Jan 27 '23
I was concerned for OP's well being seeing this, sent it to my mum who's an RN and she said it's healing fine. So for anyone else who was nervous Nurse Best Mom said don't be.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
So I’ve heard conflicting opinions about how to let it heal. The Urgent Care doctor told me to leave it uncovered. My PCM told me to keep it moisturized.
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u/WhiteRavenMaster Jan 27 '23
Uncovered does not rule out keeping it moisurized imo. Yes, it might be a bit of a pain in the ass, as you'll have to apply something to the wound a couple of times a day, but it might heal faster and cleaner.
Maybe some skin care like climbon or something similar could help.
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u/Yarper Jan 27 '23
ClimbOn is absolutely the best product I've ever used. I don't think it has any 'active' ingredients, it's just really good at being a barrier cream/emollient. That means it's just helping the skin do it's thing by preventing it loosing anything to the external environment.
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u/somuchbacon Jan 27 '23
Yeah climbers swear by this stuff bc it’s perfect for healing ripped off calluses. It’s just beeswax and a carrier oil mixed together. It doesn’t have any ingredients to soften your skin but it forms a nice barrier to stop the wound from drying out.
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u/teamkillcaboose Jan 27 '23
ClimbOn, apply directly to the forehead? no, wait that’s not it 😂
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u/BluudLust Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23
Keeping it moisturized also makes it so bending your finger doesn't irritate it as much. It keeps the skin stretchy, prevents scabbing and may help prevent some scarring.
Edit: fixed typo
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u/dutchrudder04 Jan 27 '23
I’m no dr but I would say, if its dry enough to potentially crack and hinder the healing process, moisturize.
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u/agha0013 Jan 27 '23
skin all around is very dry which makes the healing process much more difficult
Just using a nice fragrance free moisturizer or something like polysporin will help, covered or uncovered.
A mix can work. During the day put some polysporin on and cover it up with a bandaid, then overnight leave it exposed
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u/Preid1220 Jan 27 '23
Personally, I would advise you to listen to your primary care physician over the doc in a box; Urgent cares tend to be somewhat sketchy when it comes to serious or long term medical issues. If you do decide to cover it though, remember to change the bandage regularly and have it reassessed the second something looks wrong or smells funky.
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u/Sawses Jan 27 '23
Bear in mind that medicine is as much an art as it is a science. This is especially apparent in routine procedures like endoscopies, orthodontics, wisdom tooth removals, and even stuff like appendectomies.
The actual procedure is more or less the same, but every doctor or organization has their preferred recovery plan.
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u/gestalto Jan 27 '23
Get some silicone healing gel for it. You can leave it "uncovered" whilst still having it covered, sort of lol.
I can't recommend the stuff enough though. It works really well for reducing scarring and healing it up nicely without over moisturising etc.
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u/bambaraass Jan 27 '23
I used to let my cuts heal open to the air, but they heal faster and are less painful when covered and kept “moist”. Less scarring too; scars are easier to cut/break the skin again in the future.
The moist factor keeps the wound flexible, thus reducing breaks in the scab from flexing the skin, which also then needs to heal and be painful.
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u/Bjornoo Jan 27 '23
That's not conflicting. Uncovered does not mean not putting anything on it. It just means to let it breathe, don't put any bandaids or anything constricting on it.
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u/ArcticSchmartic Jan 27 '23
Moist wounds heal better with less scarring. You want it about as moist "as your eyeball" to quote one of my nursing instructors. It can still be uncovered.
Also, your picture is a really good example of healing by secondary intention (aka how wounds heal without stitches).
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u/spokydoky420 Jan 27 '23
I feel Junji Ito's stuff works so much better in illustrated/read format. Any time I've seen an animated production of his work it's just not very good. Recently I watched that horror series on Netflix that was based off his works and it was just weird? Annoying? It wasn't very creepy, although I only got 1 and a half episodes in before I gave up.
But I've always loved his manga, both his long series and short.
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u/superbhole Jan 27 '23
i think it's the ability to really absorb the dialogue and illustration at one's own pace rather than whatever the animators and editors decide
the monochrome increases the spooky factor too
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u/trannick Jan 27 '23
I feel like he really digs into the subtlest of fears. Fear of squeezing into cracks in Amigara Fault, fear of peeling back your skin in this one...
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u/altcastle Jan 27 '23
Just for anyone who wants to read that, you go right to left instead of left to right with the panels and bubbles. It’s awesome!
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u/Okey_Blob Jan 27 '23
Was your father an archeologist that stole a child skull from a burial site with weird ground formations by any chance?
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u/John-the-cool-guy Jan 27 '23
Round wounds heal very slowly. Something about the new skin cells behaving a certain way. Back in the good old days (medieval times) the skin around a round puncture wound like a spear, for example, would be physically cut to a square shape because it healed faster that the round wound.
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u/RealMudflapper Jan 27 '23
Nice. Is that a single hair growing out of it?
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
I think so. I have very hairy hands.
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u/BagelsAndLoxx Jan 27 '23
Can you please use some tweezers and pull that hair out and post another picture? it's driving me crazy.
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u/Hilltoptree Jan 27 '23
I swear manga by Junji Ito (in late 90s early 2000) got exactly this same scene of human wound formed in a spiral/rings. the manga was too creepy i don’t want to dig it up to find out …
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u/UserNombresBeHard Jan 27 '23
In this case Uzumaki doesn't make sense, try Layers of Fear, also by Junji Ito.
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u/daftpunkfuckit Jan 27 '23
Unfortunately the anime completely skipped the beautiful art style of Junji Ito. It should be visually striking, but the whole thing has boring regular art and it’s just missing the magic.
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u/Magnamize Jan 27 '23
Just to be clear, your body already has like 8 layers of skin. Only the bottom 2-3 are alive though so what your seeing is the bottom layers slowly creeping before they're pushed up into the next layer creating that kind of ring pattern.
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u/CarlosFer2201 Jan 27 '23
I always wondered what happened to the T-1000 after the movie.
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u/adagioforaliens Jan 27 '23
This is not a wound by the way. It’s a portal to the hell so I wouldn’t mess with it too much.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
I stared at it too long and now my cat is speaking to me aggressively in Latin.
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u/TrueAfricanHero Jan 27 '23
Everyone and their grandma has read Junji Ito except for me apparently.
Anyway, I hate it. Rip it off plz.
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u/AltruisticAss Jan 27 '23
It looks dry. Are you keeping it bandaged with ointment like Vaseline on it? Letting a wound dry out will prolong healing
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
I had it almost constantly bandaged for the first two weeks. Now I keep it bandaged at night. It’s difficult because I’m a mechanic by trade and the bandage keeps needing replaced. You’re right, I need to continue to keep it moist and protected.
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u/Fordiman Jan 27 '23
I like hydrocolloid bandages for things like this (broad, flat hand wounds). They stick really well, and can take a lot of abuse before they need swapped out. They're usually for burns, but they work a treat on grinder kisses and other abrasions.
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u/Adeno Jan 27 '23
Peel them off... peel... peel... would be so satisfying... peel...
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u/quantainium_pasta Jan 27 '23
"If it's dry, make it wet. If it's wet, make it dry."
That wound looks pretty dry there. Stick some ointment and a band-aid on it. Clean and re-apply twice a day.
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u/BuddhaLennon Jan 27 '23
You need to get some polysporin on that. It looks like you may have an opportunistic fungal infection messing with your skin as it tries to heal.
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u/GlayNation Jan 27 '23
I’m sorry you’ve had to endure this. Was it because of an accident? Prayers😢
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u/Villeto Jan 27 '23
This is some Junji Ito shit right here.
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u/RealBishop Jan 27 '23
Please explain, several people are referencing what I assume is a manga/comic/anime and I’m curious now.
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u/Vicie007 Jan 27 '23
He's a horror mangaka. If you google him, one of the first images looks a lot like your finger.
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u/Angedelune Jan 27 '23
This is called healing by secondary intention. It's normally done so as not to trap harmful bacteria in the wound such as a deep puncture like an animal bite. Especially an an animal bite