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Good question – How does a cut on your skin heal itself?

by Marshall Brain

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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