Monday, December 8, 2008

Wound Management

Consider the laceration.

Consider how, with time, open wounds attempt to close themselves through internal forces. Inflammation is a gathering of healing ingredients, a war chest, a preparation phase for the battle, when fibroblasts proliferate and position themselves for collagen synthesis. A network of capillaries and nerves rewire themselves. Turnover within the wound continues indefinitely.

Consider your scar: not a blemish but a steady reminder that the impulse of the universe is to heal.

No comments: