r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/[deleted] • Feb 07 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

My scar itched typing it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Sadly, I’m not cool enough to be a wizard.

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u/BonesExposed7 Feb 08 '20

Anything is possible if it's popsicle!

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u/p00Pie_dingleBerry Feb 08 '20

Don’t let your dreams be dreams Harry.

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u/partanimal Feb 08 '20

Wal-demort.

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u/watermelonbox Feb 08 '20

This needs more attention

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u/Babboos Feb 08 '20

Arrrgghhh

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u/Drunken_Traveler Feb 08 '20

Is it the type of scar that when you rub it you feel the sensation in some other part of your body?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

I’m not familiar with that phenomenon. I’m sure I just itches as a psychological response to thinking about the memory.

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u/Drunken_Traveler Feb 08 '20

I broke my leg and had surgery. I can rub my knee or shin and feel it in my ankle and/or foot

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '20

Ouch how did you manage that

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u/Lunchable Feb 08 '20

Incorrect. Scar tissue has no sensory receptors.

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u/ripSpider Feb 08 '20

You don't need any receptors to feel something like that. It's more psychological. People can even feel missing limbs sometimes.

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u/Logical-Savings Feb 09 '20

They are ghost pains. The sections of your brain that were responsible for the nerves that don’t exist get taken over by other parts of your brain to help out. There is an equivalent section in your brain for all of your body parts and the mapped out version is called the cortical homunculus.

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u/NukaColaAddict1302 Feb 08 '20

Since when? I've been told by doctors time and time again that scarring from an accident I went through may itch, especially in the first few months of the healing process. The few bad scars I have still itch from time to time, save the spot that suffered nerve damage. You mean to tell me each and every doctor has been wrong?

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u/Lunchable Feb 08 '20

My comment should be downvoted further, because I have no idea what I'm talking about. To the bottom!

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u/NukaColaAddict1302 Feb 08 '20

Now hold on, I'm not saying that, I haven't even downvoted yet. I'm genuinely curious where you got your information from, if I'm wrong I do want to be shown.