• Question: How do white cells heal our blisters?

    Asked by mw to Claire, Liad, Ruth, Ryan, Mako on 18 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Ruth Elderfield

      Ruth Elderfield answered on 18 Jun 2015:


      Blisters heal when a new layer of skin grows underneath the blister, the old skin which has turned white and falls off because it is no longer needed to protect the body from infection.

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