How to Check out Cuts, Scratches and Abrasions
Understand the differences between cuts, scratches, and abrasions.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Understand the differences between cuts
Cuts:
These are injuries to the skin caused by something sharp, like a knife.
Scratches:
These are slight injuries that happen when a sharp object (like a fingernail or thorn) scrapes along your skin the way a pencil scrapes across paper.
Abrasions:
These are scrapes that happen when the skin is rubbed away.
For example, you might get a "rug burn" while wrestling with your brother, or a "board burn" if you wipe out on your skateboard when you aren't wearing knee-pads. -
Step 2: scratches
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Step 3: and abrasions.
Detailed Guide
Cuts:
These are injuries to the skin caused by something sharp, like a knife.
Scratches:
These are slight injuries that happen when a sharp object (like a fingernail or thorn) scrapes along your skin the way a pencil scrapes across paper.
Abrasions:
These are scrapes that happen when the skin is rubbed away.
For example, you might get a "rug burn" while wrestling with your brother, or a "board burn" if you wipe out on your skateboard when you aren't wearing knee-pads.
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