Figure 8.

Skin wounds seven days post-incision. (A) Group 1 shows ordinary wounded edges with the ordinary epidermis (yellow star). The wound is packed with sloughed granulation tissue (represented by red asterisk) and blood clots. (B) Group 2 shows dermal collagen fibers compactly organized (black arrow). (C) Group 3 shows scar tissue blocking the wound (yellow star), collagen fibers (blue arrowhead) mirroring that of the neighboring normal dermis, as well as inflammatory cellular infiltration of macrophages (black arrows). (Hematoxylin and eosin stain 200 and 400).