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How does wound heal long term?
Wound Healing MechanismsBiological Resiliencewound

How does wound heal long term?

Wound healing is a long and on-going process. In this video, Dr Jaffer explains how different processes in our body work together to promote the healing of wounds.

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So, wounds heal long term by a process and the process involves initially a blood clot forming in the wound and that blood clot then results in deposition of various proteins like collagens and smooth muscle cells joining into the wound. That wound healing process continues to a contraction phase of the wound and then later on different types of collagen are deposited. All through this process, the wound increases its strength and resilience and 80% of the the wound healing occurs probably within the first six weeks, but the wound continues to mature up to a number of months after the incision or the cut has been made.

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