It would be hard for me to 'splain this pic to the interwebs police at work. I typically never open anything that could even possibly have work-inappropriate images -- I don't expect a giant pussy picture when I click on, say, a monorail post but I sure wait till I get home to click on anything that hints of the sexual or lurid.

While this is merely a medical image -- and no one would bust me (I hope) for looking at picturesofasorethroat.com or similar at work, this is different.

Dan -- is Slog NSFW? Should we approach it with that in mind? What's your counsel on this matter, sir?

If you're too embarrassed to see your doctor about something really embarrassing then you have the wrong doctor.

Nothing, nothing like this can shock or surprise anyone who attended medical school. Talk to your docs, people!

What? You make it sound like being a Nationally Syndicated Sex Advice Columnist and Best Selling Author is a BAD thing!

Hell, I would have killed to have either of those as a parent when I was growing up!

Excuse me while I dump my entire dinner into the dust bin.

That said, good point about people being too embarrassed to talk to their M.D.s etc. , and thank you for filtering some of the ickyness from us, for everyones sake.

Maybe she could suck them all off and they could snowball the pus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculitis

Pray they're not on the unit.

PS, this pic is considered the grossest pic in the world (by the BBC) not featuring Coprophagia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/images/mind/disgust/morescience_disgust/teeth.jpg

SFWBNSFD = safe for work but not safe for dining. Those are fly maggots.

And while we're at it, I could have done without yesterday's pit-bull story. Sheesh, Dan.

If you are tempted to send a pic cause you don't know what it is ... see a doctor.

If you're embarrassed - try Planned Parenthood and ask to be a confidential visit and pay cash if you're that embarrassed.

That was Schmader's post.

@39

Slog Happy, Jan 10th. If you're lucky, I'll let you buy me a drink.

Then stop answering letters with attached pictures.

Just in case.

But do you realize that this is going to encourage a flood of truly disgusting images from your sickest, most infected, most far gone exhibitionist freak readers, right?

Oh, go ahead and post them. I already block all the images at work.

Time to go to the doc, man.

I have no idea what it is either, but I can assure you that any doctor has seen far worse. Probably on a daily basis. The doc will not even blink twice at something like this. If people are too embarrassed to see a doctor about something as mundane as this, then they seriously need to rethink what they think a doctor is for. Fuck, people, get with it.

Tell me about it.

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Oh, go ahead and post them. I already block all the images at work.

Now there will be no point for Dan to post them, because elenchos blocks all the images at work.

Poo!

BLEAGHHHHH!!!

Now, if the guy had just fucked an inanimate object or a member of a different species, I would understand the embarrassment.

Molluscum doesn't present like a rash, and it doesn't itch. It also doesn't appear overnight. It's also not a pus-filled blister.

That said, I sincerely hope that "choked to death on my spring roll" isn't a euphemism.

It's a re-activation of the chicken pox virus.

Gah, you beat me to the correction.

It could work.

/not a doctor either but i had something that looks like that every single summer when younger

Honest enough mistake; this is a blog and all. Just a head up.

Seriously. Dont click that link unless you know what it is, exactly, that the pain series are. It is not at all work safe (but you wouldn't be reading these comments if any of this was work safe, would you?).

I guess I should have taken the comment from the gay Iranian teenager post talking about the hanging picture was more disturbing than the other one a little bit more seriously.

I can only assume people send you pictures instead of going to the doctor because they can at least remain a bit anonymous where as a doctor is face to face. Or face to cock, labia, sacks or assholes.

I bet that Dan's kid gets another few years before he realizes what a POS "Dad" is.

I suspect that a hardy rebellion takes place once it is clear who and what Dan is.

You reap what you sew. And as we all know, Dan thinks it's ok to yell and scream curses like "fuck, shit, and asshole" at your kid. It's ok according to Dan to call your children horrible names when you are upset. After all it's better than beating them.

Right Dan?

You certainly make other Gay parents proud...

Come to think of it, it isn't any wonder you have a sick facination with abused children...

Also, gross.

No, she didn't give it to him the night before. It was in his system already, possibly exposed 1-3 weeks before, possibly much longer.

Freezing will work, though it might take several treatments. Lancing is faster, but there's a chance of spreading even further if it's done the wrong way. Either way, he needs to go to the dermatologist.

There are actually a lot of unknowns about this STI -- it's not serious and doesn't get much attention.

@Dan -- I'd also hate to see these pics when I'm eating, but I'm you'll get less grossed out over time (for whatever that's worth.)

http://www.qualitycondoms.com/media/mr_happy_balloon_kit

For fuck's sake. The only correct statement you made is that they guy should see a doctor.

Molluscum is a not a blister, you can't fucking lance it, and it's incredibly well-known. It's caused by a variant of vaccinia virus, which is one of the

Please shut the fuck up, now. Thanks.

Respectfully, I disagree. I am not a doctor, and could be wrong, as I'm sure you'll continue to say.

But this photo looks exactly like what I had. My dermatologist is the head of dermatology at a major university. She knew at first look it was molluscom.

Treatment was freezing. But when new sores appeared, I used sharp tweezers to dig out the core. It worked.

At the time, I did my best to dig through all the literature I could find. There were unanswered questions the papers were discussing, including why it's rare to find the sores on the bottom lip.

In any event, the guy should see a doctor.

Peace