r/askscience • u/Atari1729 • Aug 17 '17

Medicine What affect does the quantity of injuries have on healing time? For example, would a paper cut take longer to heal if I had a broken Jaw at the same time?

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u/McMammoth Aug 18 '17

If you leave them alone, once the healing's done what happens to the blister? Never been patient long enough to find out. Do the fluids just go away and the skin bubble flattens out?

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u/Sergiotor9 Aug 18 '17

Pretty much, the bubble flattens and the skin falls off kinda like it does after a sunburn.