Eli5: How do punches create ‘cuts’? Are they treated the same as if you’ve been cut with a knife?

362 viewsBiologyOther

I was thinking specifically about boxing, so like no knuckles. Do other blunt objects cause cuts?

In: Biology

5 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

They’re tears. It’s why the cutman puts Vaseline on the cut. Helps them to slide better. The glove pulls or pushes one side of your face from the other. Your face can only take that for so long. Your face has some of the thinner skin in your body. Bags under your eyes and such.

Once you get a mouse, or hematoma, and the blood pools, you can rip the skin open on the bones and burst them. They happen when the skin is being ground against the cheekbones or sockets. Some people are more prone to bruising or being cut.

You are viewing 1 out of 5 answers, click here to view all answers.