Patrick Hudson MD, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Albuquerque, NM Telephone: 505-242-0070 office hours 9.15 am-4.30 pm.

Vitamins and wound healing

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Several vitamins can affect wound healing. The most well known are:

Vitamin A deficiency: Interferes with the production of surface layers of skin and causes poor epithelialization.

Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy): Prevents wounds from maturing normally and prevents cross linkage in collagen molecules.

Vitamin E: May inhibit wound healing by decreasing the amount of collagen which is produced.

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