What happens to a scab if you scratch it off too early?
2006-11-29 10:39:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
It decomposes. The WOUND, on the other hand, will form a new one. Try putting a little neosporin and a bandaid on the area so that you're less likely to pick at it and give yourself a nasty scar further down the road.
2006-11-29 10:43:38 · answer #1 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't scratch or pick a scab off. Our bodies are designed so that the scab will come off on its own when the skin beneath it is healed. If you scratch it off before the area is healed it will take longer to heal and you risk infection or scarring.
2006-11-29 18:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by gizfish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happens to my daughter all the time... if you scratch it too early and too much, it WILL turn in to a scar... so watch what you are doing unless you want scars... Good Luck!
2006-11-29 18:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it just has to form a new scab and might leave a scar
2006-11-29 18:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by bobsdidi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋