Kylie1007 said:Why is it that whenever you cut yourself, the smaller the cut, the more it hurts? Also, why do shaving cuts bleed about 5 x more than usual cuts - and you know what places I'm talking about - backs of knees, ankles and knees, particularly below the knee cap! As you can tell, I've just cut myself shaving!
OOoo OOoo my mum explained this to me when I was kid.. It's because your nerves for your skin are in the first few layers of it... So when there is a shallow cut, there are more nerves exposed and damaged which is why it hurts more... Deeper cuts sever the nerves in the skin which is why they hurt less...
As for the whole DNA thing and jeremy kyle... read this...:
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=412