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A member asked:
Can a scar tissue be converted back to normal tissue? or is once lost normal skin can never be brought back?
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Good question!: Though scars mature and soften with time, they never revert to normal tissue. One of my mentors used to say : "we don't really heal, we just cement ourselves back together." this is why fetal wound healing is such a hot topic: wounds that are made in early fetal development heal without scars. Later in fetal development as in life after birth, healing is always with scars.
Answered 4/12/2017
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Scars are forever: Scars are permanent but can improve in appearance over time.
Answered 5/3/2015
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