sef  wrote or quoted:

> Here is a question I don't know the answer to.
> 
> What is the point of scar tissue? It is less strong thatn normal
> tissue, it doesn't breath air or water and so doesn't fill the purpose
> of normal skin. So why have it? Why doesn't the body heal properly?

It doesn't do *too* bad a job - considering it is working under time
pressure and budget constraints - and is working with a team that
has to be able to fix a huge range of possible problems.

> I've heard that unlike adults unborn babies don't scar when cut, is
> this true? Does it last until some days/weeks after being born?

Such scars fade.  My abdomen was incised when I was a young child (<1yo) -
but now the scar is exactly the same colour as the surrounding flesh,
and is - to all intents and purposes - invisible.
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