Need advise: Cauliflower ear

[StephenG]

I have cauliflower cawk. All big and hard.

You should wear protection on that thing.

[Taylor Culbertson]

You should wear protection on that thing.

I try but she bitches about the head gear "being uncomfortable".

[Harry Evans]

If you remove the bandages, it will fill back up. This is fine, if you are either willing to have cauliflower ear permanently, or to drain it yourself. When it fills, if it stays that way, it will re-harden into that shape. So, to drain it yourself, clean the area w/ alcohol, drain with syringe, and use antiseptic/bandage.

The trick is to keep it compressed and closed after so it can't refill. The doctor did that with his sutures or bandages, but you will need another way. Some people like clothespins or binder clips, but I find that they are either the wrong shape and slip off, are too loose, or are so tight that my ear goes numb, and I can't tell if it stays on. I like to use nosebleed clamps, which are basically a plastic clamp with 2 pads that go over your nostrils. I had to order mine from Japan. They look like this: http://www.amazon.com/Nose-Aid-Emerg.../dp/B001B5OZEU

[Harry Evans]

Oh, and if it gets infected, I DIDN'T ADVISE YOU TO DO THIS

[StephenG]

Anyone ever heard of, or seen this stuff?
www.cauliflowereartreatment.com/

I know it sounds like a load, but they do have a money back guarantee.

[Alex Canders]

dealing with this for about a week now. drained it but had trouble finding a nose bleed clip locally. tried a chip clip and that was too painful. a pair of little magnets wrapped in gauze is working fantastically.

[PatrickBJJ777]

Tape up your ears or buy a scrum cap.

[CRIS PEZAO]

@pATRICKBJJ777
Totally true,I work as an EMT 7 have acquired ear swelling from rugby,judo,bjj and Ive just compressed the clots by myself,any time you introduce a needle to drain,that itself is puncturing the skin & creates another route for infection-especially staph.
Having had a staph infection (not from martial arts) its a beaaatch! nearly lost my leg
Ice it,compress it and protect it with tape/scrum cap/wrestlingheadgear. otherwise find a girl that loves you for you & wear that vegetable patch with pride!

[Jason Guest]

You can also use finger splints for compression. It's just foam padding glued to thin bendy steel, cut with some big scissors and smash it on your ear. I used some rare-earth magnets from a dead hard drive.

[Tim Bruhn]

I have Quad Brute III head gear and have been totally happy with them. Rolled with other guys wearing them and they haven't annoyed me being on the other end of them either. I have asked when wearing mine if they scratch or anyone the other guys I'm rolling with as well and have had no complaints.

I only wear mine for a couple weeks after getting cauli until it heals.