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[maggie]

The head needs a lot of blood for obvious reasons and there is something like a third of the bodies blood running through the head at any one time. Head  cuts 'generally' bleed more than any other.

Your telling me  Got the t shirt on that.

[Reader]

I would have thought that "flesh" is either muscular tissue or similar tissue, rather than skin, making "fleshless skin" unclear. There are various parts of the body where the skin is just above the bone, such as ankle, knee, backs of fingers, elbow, scalp, etc., and also areas where the skin is rather thin and easily lifted, such as the inside of the wrist. However, I fail to see why there would be a significant association with bleeding, which must relate significantly to the blood vessels that are damaged. I referred to the scalp, not the entire head.

[Jane]

Your telling me  Got the t shirt on that.

And I just got it all over me when the doctor's surgery deposited the patient on me to clean up!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jane]

I would have thought that "flesh" is either muscular tissue or similar tissue, rather than skin, making "fleshless skin" unclear. There are various parts of the body where the skin is just above the bone, such as ankle, knee, backs of fingers, elbow, scalp, etc., and also areas where the skin is rather thin and easily lifted, such as the inside of the wrist. However, I fail to see why there would be a significant association with bleeding, which must relate significantly to the blood vessels that are damaged.

Do, PLEASE, STOP splitting hairs (pun noted) You don't have to take my/our word for it. Please feel free to try and experiment for yourself.

[Jane]

This is my hubby last year,a few hours after receiving a 5 inch head wound

Tyler, WOW!!!!! He must have been lucky to survive that.

[lookout]

You should have seen my scalp when I banged my head on a tap. Blood everywhere.

Quite a lot of blood pours from any head injury,no matter how small,,and sometimes looks worse than the wound actually is.

[tyler]

Tyler, WOW!!!!! He must have been lucky to survive that.

Indeed April,he lost 3 pints of blood.Had to throw away the clothes he was wearing,they were soaked!

[Jane]

Quite a lot of blood pours from any head injury,no matter how small,,and sometimes looks worse than the wound actually is.

Lookout, I felt sure that this fact was generally accepted. I fail to see the point that Reader is making.

[Jane]

Indeed April,he lost 3 pints of blood.Had to throw away the clothes he was wearing,they were soaked!

So I guess that you, too, have difficulty in understanding Reader's point.

[lookout]

This is my hubby last year,a few hours after receiving a 5 inch head wound

My word,tyler,that was a close call. Fearful.

[susan]

Hi april/tyler

I googled the subject and all the information that came up indicated that head wounds would result in heavy blood loss. Maybe we are misunderstanding Reader as he is so accurate in all his posts and I fail to see how he got this wrong.

[Jane]

The "fleshless skin"? What other type of skin were you distinguishing it from? Anyway, the blood vessels in the scalp are mostly small, so though bleeding can occur quite easily, it's likely not to be very heavy.

Susan, thought you might be interested in this.

[Alias]

Fell off a cliff outside our house in Iceland, quite a distance down, and I AM lucky that I survived that! I landed in some gravel on my forehead. I remember the blood streaming down my face and into my eyes as I ran up to the house. There was a trail of blood. LOTS of blood!

[susan]

april please tell Susan what Susan thinks Reader may be interested in.

[susan]

Alias I am so pleased you survived your fall because I like you on the forum and would not have had the pleasure of your intelligent posts to Adam and all the other entertainment you bring to this forum xx