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In the event of an injury that damages the skin's protective barrier, the body triggers a response called wound healing. After hemostasis, inflammation white blood cells, including phagocytic macrophages arrive at the injury site. Once the invading microorganisms have been brought under control, the skin proceeds to heal itself.
Timing is important to wound healing. Critically, the timing of wound re-epithelialization can decide the outcome of the healing. [11] If the epithelization of tissue over a denuded area is slow, a scar will form over many weeks, or months; [12] [13] If the epithelization of a wounded area is fast, the healing will result in regeneration.
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process.
The image, taken for the Associated Press by a 21-year-old Vietnamese-American photographer named Nick Ut, shows her at nine years of age running naked on a road after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack. [2] She later founded the Kim Phúc Foundation International to provide aid to child victims of war. [3]
Ringworm. What it looks like: Ringworm is a common skin infection caused by a fungus. It gets its name from its circular rash, which is often red, swollen, and cracked. Other symptoms to note ...
After four years of continuous growth, it began to interfere with her life. The 28-year-old was almost banned from a flight after the swelling caused alarm on board a plane.
Histopathology of granulation tissue at 11 days after injury, showing fibroblasts, hemorrhage and lymphocytes. The extracellular matrix of granulation tissue is created and modified by fibroblasts. [5] Initially, it consists of a network of type-III collagen, a weaker form of the structural protein that can be produced rapidly.
From Bond Girl to Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman to posing for Playboy at 67, Jane Seymour has done it all. But looking as good as she does at 71, it’s hard to believe it’s been 50 years (yes, 50 ...