Following a deep skin wound that penetrates the dermis and disrupts collagen fibers, which effect dominates the long-term appearance of the healed area?

💡 Explanation

Wound healing involves collagen synthesis; however, after deep wounds, the collagen fibers are often laid down in a haphazard manner by fibroblasts. This results in a disorganized structure that creates scar tissue, rather than a restoration of the original skin structure, because the normal collagen architecture is not regenerated. Therefore, scar tissue formation is the dominant long-term effect.

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