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Paper cuts are painful because at a microscopic level paper is quite rough, paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to nerve endings leaving behind tiny fibres that cause further irritation. (www.sciencefocus.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I believe the actual scientific reason paper cuts hurt so much is because they suck.

My paper has been peer reviewed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have also heard (yes, internet random has no citations) that "ragged" cuts also tend to close more quickly due to larger relative surface area for fibrin gluing.

I am currently not willing to self-experiment with this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

haha plausible and same

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the mental image. I hate it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The bleaching chemicals for whitening the papers is caustic. It will spice up a cut nicely. The whitest paper burns the most.

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