How Do Cuts Heal?

A cut heals when your body works hard to fix what’s broken, just like a puzzle gets fixed when you put all the pieces back in place.

When you get a cut, it's like when you spill juice on the floor and have to clean it up. Your skin is torn open, and little bits of you are out of place. But your body has special helpers called cells that rush to the scene, just like firefighters rushing to a fire.

Your skin cells work together to close the gap in the cut. Some of them create a scab, which is like a bandage your body makes on its own. This scab helps keep out germs and gives the skin time to fix itself underneath.

Meanwhile, other cells start making new tissue, this is like adding fresh puzzle pieces to fill in the missing parts. Once all the pieces are back in place and strong again, the scab falls off, and your skin looks brand new!