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  2. Wound healing - Wikipedia

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    In healing that results in a scar, sweat glands, hair follicles [43] [44] and nerves do not form. With the lack of hair follicles, nerves and sweat glands, the wound, and the resulting healing scar, provide a challenge to the body with regards to temperature control. [44] Keratinocytes migrate without first proliferating. [45]

  3. Skin repair - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Eye shaving - Wikipedia

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    Eye shaving typically begins with the practitioner holding the eyelids open using their fingers. A metal blade is then gently scraped back and forth across the eyelid and eyeball. Some practitioners may employ a small rod to manipulate the upper eyelid to further clean the area. The entire process lasts about five minutes. [1]

  5. Blepharoplasty - Wikipedia

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    Concerning the upper eyelid, a blepharoplasty procedure can resolve the loss of peripheral vision, caused by the slackness of the upper-eyelid skin draping over the eyelashes; the outer and the upper portions of the field of vision of the patient are affected and cause him or her difficulty in performing mundane activities such as driving an ...

  6. Ocular immune system - Wikipedia

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    Human eye.. The ocular immune system protects the eye from infection and regulates healing processes following injuries. The interior of the eye lacks lymph vessels but is highly vascularized, and many immune cells reside in the uvea, including mostly macrophages, dendritic cells, and mast cells. [1]

  7. Blepharitis - Wikipedia

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    Long-term untreated blepharitis can lead to eyelid scarring, excess tearing, difficulty wearing contact lenses, development of a stye (an infection near the base of the eyelashes, resulting in a painful lump on the edge of the eyelid) or a chalazion (a blockage/bacteria infection in a small oil gland at the margin of the eyelid, just behind the ...

  8. “What’s Something You Didn’t Realize Was Messed Up Until You ...

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    Image credits: agizzy23 #2. That my parents would feed me peanuts to get out of parties. I have a nut allergy. I didn’t know it was messed up until I told a therapist and the look on her face I ...

  9. East Asian blepharoplasty - Wikipedia

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    East Asian blepharoplasty, more commonly known as double eyelid surgery, is a cosmetic procedure that reshapes the skin around the eye to create a crease in an upper eyelid that naturally lacks one. Although 70-83% of East Asian women naturally have upper eyelid creases, it is estimated that 17-30% of Chinese and Japanese women lack this ...