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Is it normal to lose feeling on your skin around a scar while it's still healing?
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Yes: The nerves around the scar have been cut. Amazingly, the nerves, which are microscopic in size, can frequently reconnect and give you back your sensation. However, it is common for the nerves not to reconnect and for there to be small numb patches around a scar.
Answered 8/18/2013
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