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A small wound heal better in moist conditions or dry condition?in dry condition will a scab formed and is it good? i want the skin to grow faster. th
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Moist: Historically wounds were treated with goal of keeping wound dry. Today we know that keeping a wound moist will allow it to heal better with less chance of scarring
Answered 10/8/2014
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