Can your fingerprints change ?

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Scarring would indeed alter the print. But other than that, no. Wikipedia explains: Scar tissue is not identical to the tissue that it replaces and is usually of inferior functional quality. For example, scars in the skin are less resistant to ultraviolet radiation, and sweat glands and hair follicles do not grow back within scar tissue.

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