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Excoriation

Features:

An excoriation is an extensive defect in the skin that can extend into the stratum papillare of the dermis. This opens up individual capillary loops, resulting in punctiform bleeding. An excoriation usually heals without scarring.

Recommendation:

Scrape

Features:

An abrasion is a superficial wound in which the skin is damaged by abrasion. The skin is literally abraded. Depending on how hard and rough the surface is on which the skin is abraded, different types of abrasions can occur.

Recommendation: