How often do you scrap a knuckle and not realize it? Scratched a mosquito bite in your sleep until it bled? If it scabbed over before you realized it, did you get a magnifying glass out and look at it? Most rational people don’t, but if you did, there would be all sorts of fibers stuck to it.
As we get older, we are less likely it notice those minor nicks and dings when they occur and our skin becomes more fragile. Someone gets undressed to take a shower and notices several unexplained injuries ... Read even more