Watching Everest documentaries, why is amputation the only cure for severe frost bite?

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I would think the body would heal when it gets warm or medical technology is advanced enough to allow some healing.

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Dead tissue is dead tissue, there’s no healing it. Your body can remove small bits of dead stuff (does it every day with dead cells) but leaving dead muscles, blood vessels and connective tissue attached would cause it start decomposing, and expose the living tissue to bacteria, fungi and/or macro necrophages.

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