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I was involved in a high speed motorcycle accident 3 days ago and just want to know how long road rash will take to heal?
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Depends: Your healt statu, degree of injury and contamination can,affect rate of healing. If seems to be slow see your doc.
Answered 9/29/2016
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That depends: On any underlying medical conditions, how healthy you are, how well you heal, and mostly the extent of the injury (depth), etc. Generally speaking though, within 10 days to 2 weeks, the abrasion should be healed pretty well.
Answered 1/3/2016
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