BadgerCare Plus. BadgerCare Plus is a health care coverage program for low-income Wisconsin residents. DHS is seeking feedback on a draft plan for monitoring access to fee-for-service health care through its Medicaid program.
The subsequent rate of gain in wound tensile strength is slow, with the wound having gained only 20% of its final strength after 3 weeks. The final strength of the wound remains less than that of uninjured skin, with the maximum breaking strength of the scar reaching only 70% of that of the intact skin [34].
Supporting the healing process. A wound is a break in the protective barrier of the skin. It allows moisture to escape from the underlying moist tissue and causes the death the superficial cells, a process that results in the familiar scab, composed largely of dried blood and other fluids.