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That's one kind of a healing response that's natural.
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If that splinter was too deep
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it would just get totally
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covered with a scar, scar all around it.
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The cells that are in the scar tissue would be secreting enzymes
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and digestive chemicals inside trying to dissolve the splinter.
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If it was made of wood,
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eventually it would dissolve and it would completely disappear.
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If it's made of a synthetic polymer that doesn't respond--
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or doesn't get digested by those chemicals
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what happens is that a stable scar
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forms around this material that never disappears,