Is it better to have a thick scab over a wound?

picking a thick scab could cause a scar.

and in the case of tattoos, picking off the scabs can damage the tattoo.

Scabs are Nature’s Band-Aid. If you leave it there, it heals underneath. If you keep picking at it, the skin has to keep regenerating what you ripped off and that helps make it a scar.

Scabs facilitate healing, not slow it down. Picking at scabs is what will cause scarring. It’s best to leave the scab along and let air get to it for best healing.

@Seaofclouds, waht does facilitate mean?

@Plone3000 It means it helps the healing.

That’s the problem! How can you NOT pick at a scab? Never been able to do it. :-/

@majorrich You watch a lot of videos of other people picking their own scabs, thereby picking your own vicariously.