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I thought a bad bruise was just a bruise but a doctor just blew my mind 😱😱😱

I saw this picture of a really massive bruise from an e-scooter fall, and the person was actually saying how lucky they were that it wasn't worse. It looked like a regular bruise, just a lot bigger. But then an orthopedic surgeon saw it and left a comment. They said it was a Morel-Lavallée lesion. The doctor said it was a type of closed degloving injury. That degloving word really got to me. It sounds terrifying. It basically means the skin and fat have separated from the muscle underneath, and it can get very bad very quickly! According to the doctor, this needs to be checked out because you could get an infection or even lose skin and muscle if you don't treat it right. It just goes to show that you should never take an injury too lightly 😱 Again, so terrifying. #Bruises #Injury #TakeCareOfYourself #OrthopedicSurgeons #Health