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Why is scar tissue never replaced?

Question

They say the human body is replaced every seven years. So on that basis, how is it, the body replaces all the scars to look exactly the same?
Alan, Orpington

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Steve, Harrow
Qualification: Heard it from a doctor
Answer: As one cell dies, it then passes on the memory of the previous cells.

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