Fred Davis’ Ear Is Jacked

I remember hearing Davis talk about this on Redskins Nation, although I'm not completely sure of what he said the cause of it was. I believe it had something to do with an earring being pulled out, or at least something involving an earring/piercing. 

I could be wrong, I am a medical student, but I believe it could be a keloid. They are commonly found on the earlobes and have higher incidence in those of african descent/darker skin. The main issue is a dysfunction of scar tissue and wound healing. Normally when the skin is injured (i.e. ear pierced) a certain type of collagen connective tissue (type III) is laid down to form the initial scar and then later that collagen type is replaced by another type (I) that resembles that of normal skin....this is why normal scars will heal and look more and more like normal tissue until they are barely noticeable. So in keloids the wrong type of collagen is laid down and the skin's reaction to this is to just keep laying down more and more scar tissue in response. Keloids can get very large and disfiguring. They are difficult to treat because surgical removal only creates new injury and further scarring. Most people who are prone to developing keloids need to use preventative measures to avoid injuring their skin. This would be very difficult, obviously, for a professional football player who may have the helmet, strap, etc. cause injury. As I said this is what I thought it might be; however, it could just as easily be an infected cyst or just inflammation do to any number of reasons.