A closer look
If you don't eat your oranges, your body will slowly disassemble itself. Vitamin C is entirely responsible for the constant maintenance of collagen, the structural protein acting as biological glue for your skin and scars. If you develop scurvy, your body completely halts collagen production. Since scar tissue is constantly being broken down and rebuilt, old cuts and long-healed surgical wounds will literally dissolve and burst wide open. Your body doesn't just stop healing; it retroactively un-heals.
