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What Causes White Coloured Skin On The Site Of Injury?

Hi , my 1 yr old just returned from the er , he got 6 stitches on the fleshy lower part of the palm of the hand, under the thumb. My husband said the dry commented on how white the flap of skin was inside -what does that mean ? Why was it white inside ? They put him on cefovit antibiotics for 3 days
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
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The skin has several layers. The pigment layer is not the lowermost layer of the skin. There are other layers as well as a layer of subcutaneous tissue which is made of fibrous tissue. This fibrous tissue looks white. If blood vessels are not ruptured, you can see this later if the upper layers of the skin are damaged or broken. Probably that is what you mean by 'white flap inside'. The skin that normally acts as a barrier to infection. In case of breach, it is preferrable to use some antibiotic so that some infective agent does not enter.
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What Causes White Coloured Skin On The Site Of Injury?

The skin has several layers. The pigment layer is not the lowermost layer of the skin. There are other layers as well as a layer of subcutaneous tissue which is made of fibrous tissue. This fibrous tissue looks white. If blood vessels are not ruptured, you can see this later if the upper layers of the skin are damaged or broken. Probably that is what you mean by white flap inside . The skin that normally acts as a barrier to infection. In case of breach, it is preferrable to use some antibiotic so that some infective agent does not enter.