Scars are made of fibrous tissue that forms during the wound-healing process and leaves a mark on the skin after an injury has healed.1As part of the body's natural repair mechanisms, collagen-based scar tissue replaces damaged or wounded skin. Although minor nicks or scratches on the skin'...
The wound is gradually healed as new granular skin tissue begins to generate. Starting at the edges of the wound, the new tissue forms and works its way toward the center until it has covered the entirety of the lesion. Once the wound underneath has sealed itself with another skin layer, ...
Mood changes may also be caused by the presence of parents, who have by now fully developed into embarrassing life forms. Puberty offers a perfect window of opportunity to rummage through parents' belief systems and rearrange things to their liking. Many of the lessons and beliefs handed down ...
Theiris- The iris is the colored part of the eye. The color of the iris is determined by the color of the connective tissue and pigment cells. Less pigment makes the eyes blue; more pigment makes the eyes brown. The iris is an adjustable diaphragm around an opening called thepupil. The...
Most tissues of the body have the extraordinary ability to heal themselves upon injury. But sometimes something goes awry during the complex process of wound healing and the tissue forms too much connective tissue, also called fibrosis, around the injured area, which can result in the organ not...
Plus, people with tight pelvic floor muscles or vaginal scar tissue might find that penetration is painful without additional lube. Some bodies just need a little help to slip n’ slide, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowStart Slow...
An abdominal adhesion is a band of scar tissue that forms inside the abdomen as part of the normal healing process after surgery, infection, bleeding, or endometriosis involving the abdominal or pelvic cavity. You can think of an adhesion as you would scar tissue that remains on the skin afte...
Circumcised men may actually be at greater risk of these mechanical abrasions, thanks to how thin or tight some of their circumcision scar tissue can be. These abrasions, however, typically heal quickly and easily. Guilherme P. Giovanni / FOAP But just as with caustic exposure, constantly ...
Once scar tissue has formed, you’ve got one more step to take to be thoroughly healed: remodeling. The reason you need to remodel your healing injury is that scar tissue first forms in a disorganized tangle. The body doesn’t know exactly how to arrange the collagen cells so that they ...
Why Scar Tissue Pain Occurs and What You Can Do About It Keloid Scars Keloid scars are a type of raised scar (i.e., it forms above the skin) that, unlike most scars, grow to be bigger than the wound that caused the scar. A keloid can take months or even years to form and may ...