PardalisGirl
Avid Member
Healing......
The "scales" don't actually regenerate. This is a young animal with lots of growing and coloring up to do. The smallest nicks will fade to be almost invisible. The larger one will look invisible because the cham will darken as it ages and colors up. His color is light right now so the injury is very visible. The edges of the nicks that are less damaged will have color when they heal. The deepest part of the nick may not get the color back but it won't be all that noticeable because of the overall darkening of colors. I don't think I can find a single adult cham in my collection that does not have a least one little nick. Burns are more damaging than nicks. The damage goes much deeper into the flesh and fans out. Because so much flesh is damaged, even in a small burn, the flesh heals into a thick fiber-like scar. This makes burn scars much more visible.
The "scales" don't actually regenerate. This is a young animal with lots of growing and coloring up to do. The smallest nicks will fade to be almost invisible. The larger one will look invisible because the cham will darken as it ages and colors up. His color is light right now so the injury is very visible. The edges of the nicks that are less damaged will have color when they heal. The deepest part of the nick may not get the color back but it won't be all that noticeable because of the overall darkening of colors. I don't think I can find a single adult cham in my collection that does not have a least one little nick. Burns are more damaging than nicks. The damage goes much deeper into the flesh and fans out. Because so much flesh is damaged, even in a small burn, the flesh heals into a thick fiber-like scar. This makes burn scars much more visible.
