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When baby mice get injured, too many nerves in the wound can stop the skin from fully healing and regrowing hair and fat. But if scientists reduce those nerves or block their signals, the skin can actually regenerate like new.
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Hyperinnervation inhibits organ-level regeneration in mammalian skin.
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2026 Mar 20The study shows that when nerves in healing skin are reduced, the skin can regrow hair and fat that normally don’t come back after injury. This supports the idea that too many nerves block healing.
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