what determines whether or not you get a scar?

[dpopiz]

you can get cuts/scrapes/etc without scaring, right?

so what determines whether or not it does turn into a scar?

 

[bradruth]

Neosporin. [/Corporate shill]

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

A scar is simply a wound that did not heal smoothly. If you cut your finger open with a very very sharp knive that makes an extremely clean cut, you probably won't be able to tell that you were cut after it heals.

 

[Anubis]

depends o how deep it is and how smooth the wound is, also going across the grain of you skin makes the scar more also

 

[sillymofo]

Actually, it depends on how much movements will the affected area endure, that and what you eat has a lot to do with it.

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Actually, it depends on how much movements will the affected area endure, that and what you eat has a lot to do with it.

could you elaborate?

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: dpopiz

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo Actually, it depends on how much movements will the affected area endure, that and what you eat has a lot to do with it.

could you elaborate?

On the moving part or the food part?

Anyhoo, I think you can figure out the moving part. As for food, I think certain foods would boost the immune system and give it proper ingredients for the healing process; other foods do the opposite, I know seafood in general doesn't help healings very well. (this is knowledge that's passed down for thousands of years, in many Asian cultures)

 

[Rudee]

There's also a genetic factor. Some people scar easily, whereas others have skin which rarely produces noticable scars.

 

[glen]

Parallel to Langer's lines = no scar
Perpendicular to Langer's lines = scar


Langer's lines

 

[dpopiz]

Originally posted by: glen
Parallel to Langer's lines = no scar
Perpendicular to Langer's lines = scar


Langer's lines

interesting...