There’s something called “maturing of scar tissue” it is the different stages a scar goes through In a total there are 4 stages and it might take as long as 1-2 years before its completed.
When you have a wound, the stitches bring the edges together and they bind. The scar is smaller. This is primary intention.
If the stitches break or if there are no stitches in the first place, the edges of the wound are not brought together. They do not bind together. So the wound heals from bottom to top, “filling up” the gap. There is a larger scar/ scar tissue.
Basically, primary intention is healing with stitches, and secondary intention is healing without stitches. Can scar remodelling occur in either case?
Scar remodelling is something that all scars undergo Regardless whether there’s stitches or not. Sometimes the skin is glued together instead of being stitched.
What I thought you meant was more if there was some kind of infection which would affect the healing process in a negative way.
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