What to Expect During the 4 Stages of Wound Healing Medically reviewed by Kelsey Nank, PA-C — Written by Noreen Iftikhar, MD — Updated on June 25, 2025 Stages of wound healing ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest organ and is a barrier to germs ...

When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, ...

In the validated scoring system, the lowest score (score:0) is associated with an open/unhealed wound as is evident immediately and within the first day postinjury, whereas the highest score ...

Granulation tissue then takes over, filling the wound with new tissue and blood capillaries, protecting the wound from infection, and providing a foundation for further healing. The investigators ...

A range of factors can result in slow wound healing. They include older age, certain health conditions and medications, nutritional deficiencies, tobacco use, and others.

Even with the best of therapy, only about 30% of wounds associated with diabetes heal despite the availability of advanced treatment modalities, the researchers noted. Ulcer recurrence is a common ...