Hideous mark. A slight discolouration. A blemish. A permanent mark. Unfortunate.
Scar tissue.
A normal scar left by a wound can be healed by applying cocoa butter. It can also be lessened by putting on lavender oil and rose oil.
scar
On the sight of the wound, there may be a scar...
A closed wound is characterised firstly by a crust (scab) formed when blood congeals. This is the body's defense against further infection entering the wound. When the wound is completely healed, and the scab falls away, a scar is left on the damaged skin.
scar
Not until the wound is completely healed. Doing so before it is completely healed will create scar tissue within the wound, since you're tearing the healing tissue with the skipping motion.
It is a scar.
A scar!
The knife wound left a scar two inches long.
Whenever there is any surgical wound, the body responds with accumulation of scar tissue to repair the wound. This scar tissue is what causes the hardness at the site of the repair. The scar tissue is remodeled by the body and the healing (repair) of the wound is completely healed in 3 months. At that time the hardness goes away.. George Christoudias MD Teaneck, NJ 07666
A cicatrix is a scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.
It is called a scar or a scab.