Understanding the Phases of Wound Healing

Wound healing is the natural process of repairing damaged skin or tissues, involving inflammation, tissue formation, and remodeling to restore integrity and function.
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Prepared by Lee Cheng, reviewed by Dr. Helena Rodriguez

Wound Healing FAQ


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What is wound healing?

Wound healing, is an intricate process in which the skin (or another organ-tissue) repairs itself after injury. Wound healing can be defined as the physiological process by which the body replaces and restores the function of damaged tissue. (Flanagan 1997) Chronic wounds or Hard to Heal – are they the same?

What happens when a wound heals?

Acute metabolic activity in the wound ends. These processes provide a full closure for injured tissue sites and restoration of the mechanical strength of the wound. Wound healing ends up with scar formation. It is known inflammation is related to scar formation. This scar tissue has some defects.

How long does it take for a wound to heal?

The wound healing begins immediately after an injury to the epidermal layer and might take years. This dynamic process includes the highly organized cellular, humoral, and molecular mechanisms. Wound healing has 3 overlapping phases which are inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Any disruption leads to abnormal wound healing.

What causes a skin wound to heal?

A skin wound results from the breakdown of the epidermal layer integrity . Wound healing mostly means healing of the skin. Begins immediately after an injury to the epidermal layer and might take years. Dynamic process including highly organized cellular, humoral, and molecular mechanisms.

What are the stages of wound healing?

An overview of the stages of wound healing including haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, epithelialisation and re-modelling.

What is a skin wound?

A skin wound results from the breakdown of the epidermal layer integrity. Any tissue injury with anatomical integrity disruption with functional loss can be described as a wound. Wound healing mostly means healing of the skin. The wound healing begins immediately after an injury to the epidermal layer and might take years.

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