How to Use scar tissue in a Sentence

scar tissue

noun
  • This then reduced the amount of scar tissue found at the site of the injury.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Nov. 2021
  • That setback, though, turned out to be scar tissue from the surgery.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2018
  • That’s the world Painter is going to live in for the next eight months, and the scar tissue is very real.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But there is a lot of painful and itchy scar tissue with healing from that.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2021
  • There was a good bit of scar tissue that had formed from the burst that also had to be removed.
    Jacqueline Andriakos, SELF, 16 Oct. 2018
  • They were found to have a severe scar tissue on the liver, the news station.
    Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Each time, bands of scar tissue would return within six months to a year, and the pain would too.
    Gideon Gil, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The raw skin will spur the cells to regenerate and form scar tissue.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Now, to get to the specifics: There are edges that act as muscle scrapers to work through tight scar tissue.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The injury is healed, but scar tissue still needs to be broken down.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The scar tissue formed after a cyst was removed many years ago.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
  • But just trying to keep it [healthy] and breakthrough that scar tissue that’s still there.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • It can be slowed, but nothing can remove the scar tissue.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • As children grow, their scar tissue doesn’t grow with them.
    Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • White scar tissue, the size of a pencil eraser, is all that remains.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2022
  • This type of surgery can also target cysts and scar tissue.
    Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Shining a light through the pupil creates scar tissue that the retina can reattach to.
    Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Both Vaseline and Aquaphor will protect the skin and keep the scar tissue hydrated.
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
  • Some women need surgery to remove the scar tissue and address the pain, Dr. Shepherd says.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Van Ness Obviously the scar tissue from all of that is still very present.
    refinery29.com, 15 June 2018
  • King said that dry brushing won’t get rid of cellulite or scar tissue.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • There was a slight scar on the buck’s hide, but two solid handfuls of scar tissue around the wound underneath.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2020
  • But the more scar tissue that forms, the less functional a liver becomes.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • The ship’s doctors told me that some appeared to have been brutally whipped, their backs a mess of scar tissue.
    Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The disease is not breast cancer but lymphoma that grows in the scar tissue surrounding the breasts.
    Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019
  • Oosthuizen has the most experience of the top three on the leaderboard but also the most scar tissue.
    New York Times, 17 July 2021
  • Certain drugs can help by reducing the amount of scar tissue.
    Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
  • To protect him, his body produced scar tissue that stiffened and blocked off his lungs.
    Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
  • This can cause scar tissue to form.5 In some people, tattooing may result in keloid scars.
    Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • Not exactly one of the dancers from Fantasia, but even with layers of scar tissue covering its side, the creature embodied grace and resilience in the bush.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024

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