The skin's normal 30-day shedding cycle speeds up to 3 days, and grotesque plaques of dead skin begin to form.

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More significantly, the fact that they do not provoke inflammation means they it might be possible to use them to repair the wounds of patients with conditions such as diabetes, in which chronic skin infections often get in the way of healing when normal stitches are used.

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Hill believes water retention under the skin is a result of poor placental development, resulting in calves being much larger than normal.

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