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Critical depth of injury. Only the epidermis has the capability to fully regenerate (*), whereas healing of the injured dermis results in scar formation (** and ***). Injury targeting only papillary dermis ends with normotrophic scar formation (*). Deeper wounds (reticular parts of the dermis) with prolonged inflammatory response may activate biological pathways resulting in pathological scarring (***).
