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Stitches
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Sometimes an injury can be caused by wearing the wrong shoes. This wound to the chin resulted from a stumble in loosely worn wedged heels while approaching a stairway at too great a pace.

Medical Injury   •  On a chin, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 20 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 12:19:06 Saturday 27 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_5389BCX
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Scar
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From time to time, inattention can cause the forehead to strike a low overhang. This is most likely to occur when a brimmed hat restricts the range of view. But simple distraction can work too.

Medical Injury   •  On a forehead, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 20 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 22:16:48 Monday 31 August 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_8580BCX
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