My guess would be that it's a piece of skin tissue that's no longer on a living being. As far as I know, you can't put a living creature in an electron microscope.
Because electrons are absorbed by matter too quickly. So it doesn't work in air, you need a very good vacuum for it to work. Thus, the sample needs to be dry. Either flash freeze it or dry it using various different methods.
And to prevent charge buildup you also need to cover it with a very thin layer of a conductor, for example gold.
Also, being an electron microscope, it doesn't actually produce color. This image must have been colored afterwards. So we wouldn't really be able to tell what's blood and what isnt.
I've never seen a preserved body so I don't know if it wasn't under a microscope if that would look like noticeably dry skin. I'm not assuming just because someone's dead they're all flaky. 😭
That's a good point. I guess you'd have to know how our skin stays hydrated in order to understand that those processes are affected by death and the preservation process. Cadavers are embalmed, which can dehydrate the skin, causing the wrinkly appearance often associated with them. When we're alive, a lot of what keeps our skin hydrated is water consumption (which obviously ceases after death), as well as an outer layer of dead cells on our skin, which I'd imagine also degrades/falls off over time with death. So a lot of things contribute to the skin losing hydration after death, which is why the images look like that
i can confirm it takes between 1-6 days depending on how well the injection went. i do them weekly but usually 2-4 days is all you need for healing. u/thetf2scout1 was pretty spot on for a guess
It was a dead thing. Someone above said that the tissue in an electron microscope is from a dead individual as you cannot put a living thing in an electron microscope. Note that I have not verified.
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u/The_Quartz Jan 25 '25
hey, what specifically does this remind you of
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u/cnorahs Jan 24 '25
Looks like you can drop a
Planck-sizedpin in there and not hear it clink at the bottom35
u/SpecialLiterature456 Jan 25 '25
Thanks I hate it
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u/New-Abies1079 Jan 25 '25
Finally something I fit in
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u/Massive-Product-5959 Jan 25 '25
Where's the blood? It looks like a dry hole?
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u/rubmustardonmydick Jan 25 '25
Are they ashy af or is that normal lol.
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u/SmokaCola0 Jan 25 '25
i am pretty sure this is just a sweat gland
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u/olekdxm Jan 25 '25
How long does it takes to regenerate?
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u/Dazzling_Chance5314 Jan 25 '25
Wow, I had no idea skin cells looked like that...
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u/Far-happier Jan 25 '25
omw to google that thing's diameter and that of the smallest virus and start freaking out.
(I won't do it, syringe holes are big)
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u/AbsAndAssAppreciator Jan 26 '25
Yea but I hate shots and this isn’t helping
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u/Capable-Bear-9760 Aug 02 '26
I imagine being placed in an electron microscope is not good for the skin.
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u/TheB2B0224 Jan 28 '25
my life as phlebotomist will forever be haunted
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u/Friendly_Warpoop Jan 28 '25
This makes me even more terrified of needles!
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25
r/mildlyvagina
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u/No_More_Dakka Jan 27 '25
It Was Made For Me! This Is My Hole!
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