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 Pandahas 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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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"saidDr. 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.

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"saidDr. 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.

My Injury Healed In A Nearly Perfect Heart Shape

Mild Gore. Brother’s Girlfriend’s Transparent Skin Graft. F**k Cancer

Before And After I Wear My Fake Eye

The Seventeen Stitches Left In My Eye While It Recovers From Corneal Transplant Surgery

The Difference Three Months Of Hardcore Chemotherapy Makes!

Bruise Progression

My Nails Pushing The Chemo Out Of My Fingertips

My Scar Doesn’t Get Dirty When I’m At Work

The Bruising I Had From A Recent Wisdom Tooth Extraction

My Finger After Getting It Stuck In A Car Door

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

Brain Surgery Scars On The Top Of My Head

My Invisible (White) Tattoo Is Currently Visible

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

‘stretched’ Freckles On My Surgery Scar

When My Son Was Born He Had A Knot In His Umbilical Cord

Had A Nail Run Through My Eye. They Stretched My Pupil Over The Hole And Stitched It Up

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

My Eye Is Gradually Losing Its Color

Cervical Fusion Surgery Scar 2 Weeks Post Op

My Wife’s Hair Color Naturally Changing After Childbirth

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

Something Interesting : I Got An Eye Injury 6 Years Ago That Left My Right Eye Blue Now Instead Of The Original Brown!

Thought You All Might Appreciate My Uncommon Stitches

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

Scar From Carotid Artery Surgery

How Chemotherapy Affect Nails

My Flesh-Eating Spider Bite Turned Into A Heart-Shaped Scar

A Patch Of My Hair Fell Out 1.5 Years Ago And Has Grown Back Curly

My Scab From An Oil Burn Took Part Of My Tattoo Along With It

Breast Milk Color Difference 3 Days Postpartum vs. 8 Weeks Postpartum

The Scar On My Hand, From A Skin Transplant From My Upper Arm, Gets More Tanned Than The Rest

My Cornea Transplant Nearly 4 Months After Surgery

Engine Grease Revealing Where I Prick My Fingers To Check Blood Sugar

I Got A Piece Of Metal Stuck In My Eye And It Left A Rust Ring After It Fell Out

Burn Mark On Hand Reveiles Fresh Tattoo

Only My Right Arm Is Allergic To My Wristwatch

You Can See Where My Hair Started Growing Out White Instead Of My Natural Colour

My XL Wrist Vein

Strands Of DNA Precipitated By Ethanol. About 3 Trillion Of Them

My Skin Was So Dry It Made Patterns

I Killed A Patch Of Nerves In My Cheek As A Child And Have Had A Lopsided Smile And One Dimple Ever Since

Had Vitrectomy Surgery 3 Years Ago, And One Pupil Is Always Bigger Than The Other Now

Less Than One Second Of 3,000°f Flame To A Finger Nail

Left: Blister From A Candle Burn. Right: Blister From Frostbite 2 Days Later

My Right Thumb Which Was Under A Cast For A Month Has Become Much Hairier Than My Left

The Bruise On My Arm Healing After K-Tape

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My Allergy Skin Test From Today

Swollen Left Hand After Insect Bite, Compared To ‘Normal’ Right Hand

The Difference My Prosthetic Eye Makes

6 Lines On My Fingernails, One For Each Chemo Session I Had Recently

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of DNA Looks Like

Scar Changed How My Thumb Nail Grows

My Husband Got Scalp Edema From A Severe Sunburn

The Bruises On My Arm After Nurses Couldn’t Find A Vein

A Tattoo Under A Macro Lens

Starting To Lose The First Joint Crease On My Ring Finger After Being Splinted For 7 Weeks

I’m Wearing A Thermal Nail Polish And I Can See How Much Hotter My Infected Ring Finger Is

My Finger After I Finally Got A Ring Off That’s Been On For 2 1/2 Years Straight

My Histamine Response After Spider Bite On Eyelid

A Chunk Of My Red Hair From When I Was 16 Compared To My Faded With Time Hair Now That I’m 27

My Roommate Was Born With 12 Fingers And Had Them Amputated As An Infant

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This Patch Of White Hair We Somehow Just Found On My Head Today At Only 20 Years Old

So I Recently Went On A Color Run And My Scar Repelled The Dye

I Was Stabbed In The Eye With A Hanger 11 Years Ago

24 Hours After Being Stung By A Yellow Jacket On My Middle Upper Knuckle

Muscle Atrophy In My Right Leg Compared To Left After Tibial Plateau Fracture Surgery

My Ears Before, And After Getting Them Reconstructed (Almost 3 Years Healed)

The Time I Got Gnarly Hives All Over My Body

Neurologist Let Me Take A Picture Of My Spinal Fluid After My Lumbar Puncture Procedure

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

My Scars Don’t Seem To Sweat

Nail Damage From Chemotherapy

Baby’s Natural Ombré. Born With Dark Brown Hair That’s Grown In Blonde Since Birth

I Have A Tiny Vial Of My Own Dehydrated Blood

When I Drink Alcohol My Scar On My Thumb Lights Up Like A Neon Light Or Lightsaber

The Shape Of My Tongue Due To Wearing Retainers At Night

An Octopus Bite Wound

I Have A Tube With My Brain Fluid In It

Severed A Nerve In My Index Finger… Half My Finger Can No Longer Prune

Growing My Hair Out After Radiotherapy. Part Of It Is Ginger, Part Of It Is Brown

This Plasma Separated From My Blood Over A 3 Hour Sitting

My Fingers Get Very Swollen When I Exercise

This Beard Hair Used To Be Gray Before I Started Taking Medication For My Anxiety

Old Injury On Hand Now Gets Dirty Or Stays Clean Opposite To The Rest Of The Hand

I Got A Mosquito Bite Next To A Tattoo And It Made The Letters Swell Up Into 3D

I Used A Microscope On My Shaved Head Realized My Hairs Grow In Pairs

My Seasonal Allergies Manifest As Itchy Bumps On My Tattoo, But Only On The Red And Black Side

Size Difference In My Legs After An Injury And Putting No Weight On One For 3 Months

The Way The Color Is Coming Back On My Burn Wound

My Pinky Toe Nails Grow Completely Vertical

Accidentally Got This Sick Burn From My Space Heater

A Scab That Formed Over A Fresh Tattoo

The Amount Of Atrophy My Left Leg Had After A Cast For Six Weeks

My Friend Broke His Arm And The Surgery Misaligned His Tattoo

The Very Detailed Imprint On My Leg Left By My Hand While I Was Sleeping

I Went Four Wheeling And The Dirt Stuck To My Leg Everywhere But Where I Have Scars

Apparently You Can’t Get Bruises On Old Scars

This Burn On My Finger Doesn’t Get Dirty

The Bruise On My Knee Traveled “Up” Because I’ve Had To Elevate My Leg

Poison Ivy Doesn’t Cause A Rash On Scar Tissue

This Is My Girlfriend 4 Hours After Giving Birth

The Hair On The Pale Part Of My Watch Tan Is Black, But The Hair On The Tan Part Of My Arm Is White

Sand Doesn’t Stick On Scars

This Patch On My Skin Never Tans/Burns. I’ve Had It Since I Was Born!

What Blood Looks Like With The Red Blood Cells Removed

This Is My Atrophied Foot After A Soccer Injury That Shredded My Nerves Apart

I Got Bit By A Mosquito Twice And A Line Joining Them Formed

My Toenail Grew In Extra Thick During My Pregnancy Then Abruptly Stopped Growing Thick Once I Gave Birth To My Son

The Scar On My Arm Doesn’t Get Dirty

I’ve Had A Splinter Stuck In My Finger For About 4 Years

My Scar Doesnt Sweat Anymore So Dirt Doesnt Stick To It

The Imprint Of My Mother’s Thumb Burned Into My Forearm

Weird Mosquito Bite

I Have Not Worn A Watch For Over 10 Years, But You Can Still See Where It Used To Be On My Arm

Surgery After My My Radius Fracture Surgery. They Didn’t Line My Tattoo Up

Broke My Arm - 1 Week Later Fingernails No Longer Grow At Same Rate

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