Cauliflower ear,competing what are my options?

[shouldercharge]

So I have a reasonably fresh cauliflower ear (a week old) have had it drained 3 times but its still a little swollen.
Am competing tomorrow under ibjjf rules and understand that ear guards are prohibited as is any headwear including bandaging, Would I get away with strapping tape? What are my options for protecting my ear?

 

[metryc]

So I have a reasonably fresh cauliflower ear (a week old) have had it drained 3 times but its still a little swollen.
Am competing tomorrow under ibjjf rules and understand that ear guards are prohibited as is any headwear including bandaging, Would I get away with strapping tape? What are my options for protecting my ear?

Just compete and then drain it again after the comp. then use headgear in training.

 

[codemonkey76]

strapping tape is your only option

 

[codemonkey76]

i would wrap it in gauze to give you some padding and then strap it up with strapping tape

 

[SD619BJJ]

At Nationals I saw people with tape wrapped around their head and looked a little strange but that's the only way they will let you do it. You can wrap it around your head straight across like a headband, or you can wrap it around your jaw where it looks like half a wrestling head piece kinda.
In the future grow your hair out to where it covers your ears and you won't have a problem with it.

 

[Ice 9 Cobra]

In the future grow your hair out to where it covers your ears and you won't have a problem with it.

???

People with long hair still get cauli

 

[Dirty Holt]

???

People with long hair still get cauli

The people with the worst ears are always the ones with the least hair.

Me
Couture
Inoue
Lindland
Jacare
Gamburyan
Shultz
Imanari

 

[BJJArsenal]

???

People with long hair still get cauli

My hair isn't particularly long but it covers my ears. Never gotten a cauli or a threat of a cauli. That's with wrestling too, not just jiu-jitsu.

 

[SD619BJJ]

My hair isn't particularly long but it covers my ears. Never gotten a cauli or a threat of a cauli. That's with wrestling too, not just jiu-jitsu.

Exactly, I keep my hair long enough to cover my ears and I never have a problem.
Then if I get a haircut and my barber cuts it too short then within about 2 weeks my ear(s)
start swelling/filling up and hurting like a mofo.
Hair is natures helmet.