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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When things freeze at the temperatures you see on Everest (not cryogenic cold) it creates jagged ice crystals that rupture cell walls. That’s why a frozen cut of meat leaks juices out when you defrost it. The same thing happens to severely frostbitten limbs.

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