So I've been referred to the plastic surgeon tomorrow, nasty case of cauli that my family doctor couldn't handle (she drained it well, but the compression proved to be a challenge). Some teammates on Facebook were giving me the "badge of honor" and "chicks dig scars" stuff to discourage me from surgery, until I posted a picture of it...that shut everybody up rather quickly.
Out of curiosity, has anybody here had the surgery? I'm going into this consultation with pretty low expectations. The family doc fumbled around with this long enough over the past week that the clots are pretty hard, I'm half-expecting them to tell me they can't do anything.
I desperately want to get back on the mats, but not at the cost of being permanently disfigured. I'm not looking for perfection, just something that doesn't evoke "Oh my God, what happened to you ears?" from 20 feet away.