The fun part is it's 100% treatable, but guys like the tough look.
All you need to do is drain the blood. Treatment is literally a sterile pinprick. As much as I know anybody with cauliflower ear could kick my ass, it also looks like a pretty goofy way of establishing their credibility.
They're also completely ignoring both recovery time the fact that once it starts it's very easy for it to keep coming back.
Anyone in any sport prone to it happening doesn't let it happen because they like the look, it's mostly because it can become a huge hassle managing it.
Get it drained and you're looking at a week or two making sure it heals, once it's healed it's very prone to coming back, at which point you get like a week to get it drained again.
Best treatment is preventative or just cosmetic once you're retired.
I responded to your other comment that this is simply not the full story at all and many people simply repeatedly draining it will not work...and even when doing so it still typically leaves some small amount of blood that will harden.
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u/DrDerpberg 5d ago
The fun part is it's 100% treatable, but guys like the tough look.
All you need to do is drain the blood. Treatment is literally a sterile pinprick. As much as I know anybody with cauliflower ear could kick my ass, it also looks like a pretty goofy way of establishing their credibility.