I should have qualified my statement. DMSO has been observed to
"flatten" scars by breaking down the collagen forming the scar tissue.
It has not been noted to break down healthy collagen, nor to remove the
scar entirely.

Garnet 

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 19:58, Wayne Fugitt wrote:
> Evening Garnet,
> 
> At 04:01 PM 6/11/04, you wrote:
> >and breaks down collagen so may reduce the capsule around the cyst.
> 
>     The phrase, "breaks down collagen" caught my attention.
> 
> Does this mean defective or mal-formed collagen or all collagen?
> 
> Collagen is one of the things I am trying to study because so many friends 
> have collapsing disk and bone problems.
> 
> I understand your statement to mean the cyst is fully encapsulated with 
> collagen.  Likely this is collagen out of place or in some way defective 
> collagen.
> 
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
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