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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.
Scar free healing is the process by which significant injuries can heal without permanent damage to the tissue the injury has affected. In most healing, scars form due to the fibrosis and wound contraction, however in scar free healing, tissue is completely regenerated. During the 1990s, published research on the subject increased; it is a ...
In scars, rete pegs are lost; [23] through a lack of rete pegs, scars tend to shear easier than normal tissue. [23] The endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus, is the only adult tissue to undergo rapid cyclic shedding and regeneration without scarring, shedding and restoring roughly inside a 7-day window on a monthly basis. [24] All other ...
On average, over five times as many epithelial microcysts than normal have been observed in long-term contact lens wearers. [2] The hypoxic environment the cornea experiences when hydrogel contact lenses are worn is conducive to forming microcysts and vacuoles, most likely due to suppression of corneal endothelium metabolism.
Physiologically, fibrosis acts to deposit connective tissue, which can interfere with or totally inhibit the normal architecture and function of the underlying organ or tissue. Fibrosis can be used to describe the pathological state of excess deposition of fibrous tissue, as well as the process of connective tissue deposition in healing. [ 3 ]
The maturity of scars takes over a year; therefore, silicone treatment is also effective in scars aged over 12 months. [15] The therapy usually requires 6 to 12 months of constant wear to achieve optimum results. Recent data suggest that the combination of silicone gel sheeting and pressure therapy can improve post-traumatic scar healing. [4]
[1] [2] Fibrosis is the formation of excess tissue in replacement of necrotic or extensively damaged tissue. Fibrosis in the heart is often hard to detect because fibromas, scar tissue or small tumors formed in one cell line, are often formed. [3] Because they are so small, they can be hard to detect by methods such as magnetic resonance ...
In 2013, it was proven in pig tissue that full thickness micro columns of tissue, less than 0.5mm in diameter could be removed and that the replacement tissue, was regenerative tissue, not scar. The tissue was removed in a fractional pattern, with over 40% of a square area removed; and all of the fractional full thickness holes in the square ...