Wound Healing: A Model of Dermal Wound Repair

Wound healing in adult mammals proceeds by a series of overlapping, highly coordinated events. The sequence in dermal wound repair, which is principally analogous in other anatomical locations, starts with the arrest of hemorrhage, followed by an inflammatory response; reepithelialization of the wound; formation of granulation tissue within the wound space and finally the production of a scar (1 ,2 ).