eli5 Why are there chemicals that can damage the skin instantaneously but not the other way around like improving it in a second

Question

Always wondered why acid attack works in an instant but there are no other chemicals (to my knowledge) that can heal or improve the skin instantly

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

One is destruction, the other is building.

Destroying is easy. A few dynamite sticks can bring a whole building down. But it takes months to years to put a building up.

Destroying does not take any meaningful pattern. But building something, like your cells, takes time to replicate because it’s complexity.