Medical gore is a place for gory pics/videos with some connection to professional medicine. From selfies in the ER, to autopsy documentation, from bot fly removals, to academic surgical videos, from botched tummy tucks, to reconstructive facial surgeries. We welcome it all.

Posting Guidelines

1. Submissions deemed lacking in gore will be removed.

This will be decided at the moderators' discretion. If you are unsure as to whether or not your submission would qualify, please don't hesitate to message the mods.

2. No personal or identifying info.

This means no personal or identifying information about yourself or anyone else. If you work in healthcare, think of this as a warning against HIPAA violations. This is a zero tolerance policy and violators will be banned.

3. Submissions that fail to establish a medical connection will be removed.

This will be decided at the moderators' discretion. If you are unsure as to whether or not your submission would qualify, please don't hesitate to message the mods.

4. No postmortem pictures.

We do not allow postmortem pictures unless they are in some context of medical autopsies.

5. Restrictions on minor content

Any content with a minor is subject is typically discouraged and subject to moderator discretion. Must have strong medical educational content that cannot be shown with an adult subject. Must add Child victim flair to post.

6. No animal gore.

The purpose for this sub revolves around the human body, essentially for scientific/educational curiosity and general fascination. Therefore, submissions revolving around animals are considered inappropriate for the sub and will be removed.

7. Self-Harm Posts

Posts depicting self harm will be removed. This means all forms of self harm including cutting, burning, skin peeling, etc.

8. Genitals must have a nudity tag

All posts depicting genitals must be tagged NSFW and flaired appropriately.

9. No recent reposts.

Posts that have been posted in the last 90 days will be removed

10. Post Limit Guidelines

Please limit your submissions to 5 posts per day. This is to dissuade spamming and to encourage diversity in our posts. Users who violate this rule will be subjected to a 5 day ban.

Discussion Guidelines

1. Be kind!

Keep your comments civil and educational. You will be banned for making disparaging or shaming comments about content or people. There is no need to go out of your way to be unkind to random internet strangers!

2. No joke or otherwise off-topic comments

Joke comments and other off-topic comments (including, but not limited to, food comparisons, vulgarity, etc) are not allowed and will be removed; this sub is for medical discussion.

3. Absolutely no medical advice.

This sub is for the viewing and discussing of medical gore and medical science pertaining to the gore, it is in no way, shape, or function meant to be a medical advice forum. Comments or posts containing any of the former will be removed and the user subjected to a 5 day ban.

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r/hadtohurt

r/wince

r/Shatter

This subreddit uses the /r/Naut theme