40 Unsettling Medical Images That Are Honestly Terrifying

Medicine, at its core, deals with the raw human body — and that body isn’t always pretty. Certain injuries, conditions, and treatments can look like they were pulled straight from a horror film… except they’re completely real.But if you’re one of those people strangely drawn to this kind of medical imagery, then brace yourself and keep scrolling.

We’ve collected 40 of the most unsettling medical images from the Instagram account Creepy Medical — ones that are honestly terrifying. And yes, we’ll say it again: the pictures ahead may seriously disturb some viewers.

#1 Man born with 9 toes

Must be hard to buy shoes!

#2 11 nails penetrating into his brain

44-year-old man came to the emergency department wearing a baseball cap and complaining of severe headaches that had progressively worsened over the preceding 11 weeks. when the patient removed his cap to it was revealed that an assortment of metallic objects are embedded in his scalp.

Plain radiographs showed 11 nails penetrating into his brain. His detailed history presented a diagnosis of PARAN0ID SCHlZ0PHRENlA, and the patient confirmed that he had hammered a nail into his head each week for the past 11 weeks in order to rid him of evil. The nails were removed with the patient under general anesthesia, and he made an uncomplicated recovery with no neurological deficits.