What are the stages of a dog's skin healing?
Destini Jacobs
2025-09-22 00:32:03
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Your dog's wound will go through 4 stages of healing Inflammation, Debridement, Repair, and Maturation.
Inflammation is when the initial wound happens and the immune system activates and sends cells to fight infection and temporarily repair the damage.
This causes the initial swelling and redness.
Debridement is where the body removes damaged cells and bacteria.
Repair Is where the wound begins to heal and either the wound is able to knit itself back together which happens if the cut is clean and narrow with a small amount of scar tissue or new cells or if the wound is large the new tissue will be added to replace the damaged section.
Maturation is the final stage where the excess cells and resources that were sent to repair the damaged tissue are redistributed among the body.
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