Regrowing limbs (was: What other curse scar?)

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 60205

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, RhianynTheCat at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/12/2003 1:16:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> j.oramous at v... writes:
> 
> > What if limbs can only be regrown with skelegrow when they have 
magically
> > been removed? Or they can only be regrown when the limb is still 
there?
> > Harry's whole arm wasn't gone just the bones inside of it, 
whereas with the
> > old (pre-Hagrid) teacher of CoMC I took it as the limbs were 
_gone_
> > completely! As with Mad Eye Moody
> 
> With a catsmile Rhianyn suggests:
> 
> Maybe it makes a difference if the limb has been digested thru the 
innards of 
> some beastie :)
> 
> As to Madam Pomfrey being able to regrow a nose, I suspect it may 
make a 
> difference in the instance of magic removal of a limb if one can 
question the 
> remover as to how the spell was performed (or mis-performed as the 
case may be) in 
> order to reverse the spell.
> 
> :::Curls fluffy black tail about herself just _so_ and returns to 
napping by 
> the fire::::
>     ^   ^
>  =( * .*)=
> 
My thought on the matter was that repair is simply easier than 
reattachment. Madam Pomfrey mamages to re-attach Eloise Midgen's 
nose 'in the end,' but according to Ron, it went on off-center. To me 
this implys that re-attachment was a difficult and rather hit or miss 
process (even when it hasnt been partialy digested), where as Harry's 
injuries were repaired with a quick shot of something vile tasting 
and a troubled nights sleep. Madam could have asked both Eloise and 
Harry what spell was used, yet Harrys misadventure was still easier 
to remedy.

~Calimora (Who wishes her biking injuries could be fixed as easily.)