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[Michael A. Turner]

> Yeah, I still get that.  I gave up the mohawk, and the 
> leather doesn't 
> have spikes anymore, but I'll always be covered in tats, and that's a 
> prejudice that never seems to change, no matter what clothes you wear.
> 
> Caleb Shay
> caleb at webninja.com
	
	I had to laugh a couple years ago. I got ear surgery done
(Tympanoplasty[1] for those that care) and that necessitated shaving a bit
of my hair around the ear. That was ok but the real problem was I could not
wash my hair on that side for 4 weeks because I had my ear canal packed with
gauze. The idea being a moldy ear canal would be bad. This quickly became
disgusting from the basitracin and leaking fluid (within 12 hours really). 
	To solve this problem I shaved my hair into a Mohawk again (I was
glad for the chance really) so I could wash with a wash rag that side of my
head. Had to be a Mohawk cause I figured one side shaved would look even
stranger, or at least that is what I told work, and since it was a medical
necessity they could not complain about it.
	I had forgotten the looks a Mohawk generates until then. I was very
amused by the strange looks that I got in the mall and at the store. I got
to laugh out loud at my ear specialist and his intern when he brought his
intern in to look at my ear. doctor looked at him and said no I did not do
that to his hair. The intern still looked startled.

[1]: A Tympanoplasty is where a small section of a fascia may be used to
close a perforated ear drum. Fascia is connective tissue of the same
consistency as the ear drum. This is conveniently removed from a muscle just
above the ear. To thrive, the tissue graft must acquire a blood supply which
takes 4-6 weeks.[2]

[2]: In laymen's terms: They whack you ear most of the way off by making a
50% semi circle cut behind the ear, pull the ear forward to expose the
eardrum and the neck muscles. They then cut a piece of the neck muscle loose
and yank it up and over the eardrum and attach it. Then they sew the ear
back on, pack the ear with anti-bacterial and gauze and send you home. It's
outpatient surgery. The drugs are very good that they give you. 



Michael A. Turner
Systems Engineer WHRO
michael.turner at whro.org
http://www.whro.org