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I sliced off the fleshy tip of my middle finger in an accidental fall in my home. is my fingerprint gone?
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Yes: If you removed the entire pad of your fingertip, then yes, your fingerprint is gone. The wound will heal over with new tissue(scar tissue) that lacks the classic whorl pattern of a fingerprint.
Answered 10/3/2016
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