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Rats, I was hoping this was a more general "fix" so that there would not be scarring on internal organs after surgery or other trauma.

No word on flexibility if the resulting tissue. Scars tend to be quite keratinicious and stiff. Still, an esthetic improvement is better than nothing, especially in facial injuries like the example picture.




Iodine does wonders for healing scars, both during and after formation.


Interesting, same mechanism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19168293/

>Topical iodine induces hair growth in and around scars. Hair is regeneration's workhorse, moving purposefully in all directions


OK, now I'm giving more thought to putting Iodine on my scalp to see if I regrow some of that thinning hair...




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