by Marshall Brain | June 25, 2009
When you get a cut or scrape, an amazing thing happens – over the course of a week or so, the scab becomes new, healed skin. How does the body do it? Here’s the answer:
Large wounds sometimes have problems healing. Here are three tools to help:
Infrared light:
Oxygen therapy:
Leeches:
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