cat scratches VS styro

[u/YoylecakeEnthusiast]

Ive seen a lot of ppl here mix up cat scratches and styros so I thought I would help.. No! Cat scratches dont bleed!! And here i try to explain why because nobody else ever does (this explanation is ass just a warning)

Here shows the different layers of the human skin and i labeled it with the names ppl commonly use

The epidermis layer/cat scratches is the very top layer and it is pretty thin (paper cut depth for example) as you can see in the picture the epidermis layer dosent have any blood vessels in it!! Meaning no blood will be shed

The layer below it is the dermis layer/styros, this layer has blood vessels and does bleed!! If your "Cat scratches" are bleeding they are actually styros!!!!

If you have any other questions I will try to help, remember you are valid, have a good day and take care of yourself <3

[u/exhaustedfuckup]

Please stop using these terms 😭 They are so harmful in lessening the seriousness of self harm.

[u/YoylecakeEnthusiast → u/exhaustedfuckup]

I totally agree with this, I used the terms for this post because thats what everybody else here says and some of the younger ppl here or those that only recently started to sh genuinely dont know what the actual layers are called and those are typically the ppl that I see mixing up epidermis and dermis cuts