scar tissue

And Hagel was changed, in large measure, because he bore within him intellectual (and physical) scar tissue from Vietnam.

Norman survived a six-hour operation in early October 2007 to remove the scar tissue on his lungs.

My fingers went up and stroked, musingly, the ridge of scar tissue along my mouth.

There is often much irregular scar tissue about the opening, which may cause additional difficulty at the operation.

High on his right temple was an old radiation burn, a sunburst of pink scar tissue.

The V-shaped flap is dissected up and the lid liberated from the underlying scar tissue.

Concurrently and by the same process the external clot is converted into scar tissue.