<prompt> Tensile strength of wound becomes normal after:-6 weeksNever4 months6 months  <response>: At the end of the first week, wound strength is approx. 10 of that unwounded skin. Strength increases rapidly over the next 4 weeks The rate of increase then slows at approximately the third month after the original incision,reaches a plateau at about 70-80 of the tensile strength of the unwounded skin, a condition that may persist for life. The tensile strength of wound never equals that of unwounded skin 