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Same story as before – I’m not happy with myself for this quiz. The difference is, this time I’ll be writing a reflection paper. Meanwhile, I’m trying to get a hang of the syntax for next week so I don’t get blown out of the water with another quiz. And, of course, there’s the nebulous midterm.

Loops seem simple enough, but I am practicing. I should do that more. One thing that I forgot to ask in class: does it matter if you write ++i or i++ in the incrementing part of the loop? I don’t think it should, but once bitten, twice shy.

And now I need to get some sleep before my 8 o’clock math class tomorrow.

I am now officially pissed at edublogs. I really don’t want to rewrite my post about laser suturing. Go read the article. So, instead, I’ll just leave you with my thoughts on the process:

It’s incredible. Three minutes to close a cut that could take weeks to heal on its own is nothing short of magic. I have some scars of my own, and while it’s amusing to poke them and not feel anything, the chance to prevent scarring, nerve damage, and even infection with this process is great. And instead of welding the edges closed, it makes your body fix itself.

The downsides: It’s not yet approved by the FDA (although there’s a company just waiting to commercialize it once it is). The equipment is expensive. Implementation will likely be difficult because a needle and thread are so much cheaper. It doesn’t work on subcutaneous incisions because the light from the laser has to penetrate.

Though, since it can heal the skin-level cuts, perhaps it will prevent scars from the skin and from internal organs from growing together (this happened to a good friend of mine from my dance class and it was not good for her).