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with vampires, do you believe that they have some special powers to regenerate if wounded? or is it just in the hollywood movies?

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Since I have never met a vampire I'm gonna say its all just a feature given them said writers.

Hollywood portrays vampires as immortal so with that said I guess they can regenerate

I agree with the post above.
Until I meet an actual Vampire and see them regenerate, then I'm going to say it's a very good myth taken by Hollywood and put onto the big screen for our viewing pleasure and imagination

I say we find one and chop off it's foot and see if it grows back. Any volunteers?

I think that its a movie thing myself but knows could be possible

I am going to say that such a power only exists in movies, and books.

you all could be very right with this subject.so many books and movies have us believing in special effects,but sometimes in movies they actually do put a bit of truth into the movies.the trick is to research and find out what is truth and what is not

I think it's a hollywood thing, unless I see differently :)

Ok, technically, from medical terms, our bodies are constantly regenerating cells. It's how our bodies heal themselves, wounds and whatnot. Every person heals at different rates, some faster than others.

Now, if you're talking about accelerated regeneration, like how hollywood has portrayed the modern vampire can do, well, don't buy into all the Hollywood hoopla.

It is true that some people heal faster than others. With Vampires in the context of today, their bodies heal even faster. I guess that must have to with the amount of platlets in the blood.

Only my guess and theory though

Well in books it would depend on the writer but there a whole lot of people seriously following experimental medicine seeking immortality and they just consider themselves everyday people. They are not affecting anything beyond the normal state of a human. You can find many sites on this topic and really the researchers are not far from being able to extend life considerablly. Thing is, would this mean only the rich could afford this and what happens when people either don't die or live very long lives as far as the population of the earth?

We would definitely have to expand into space or limit births like the Chinese. The thing is I read about extension but not about the quality of life such as reducing aging itself...youthful appearance, stranglehold on arthritis etc....the quality of life in an extended or lifetime where people only die of accidents.

Fiction from books and movies.

there are many things seeming like miraculous healing in the natural world, most are simply mind over matter of pain control techniques...
tribal me pierce themselves with large spikes with little of no apparent bleeding,, and one religious man in india once every year walks through town with a sword THROUGH HIS HEAD...
this has been documented.....but there are tricks to doing all of it, slow piercing with high pressure around the area stops open bleeding, but hurts worse in the long run, the sword thing I think they concluded that the guy had a major injury causing a channel to form in his brain tissues, so running the sword through there once a year only cuts the covering flesh...he got lucky in the initial incident...it does happen
but there are compounds which speed the healing process in people, extremely high blood oxygenation tends to speed healing in minor cuts as it accelerates blood clotting, making the body begin the healing process faster

very good info but not on the subject at hand here daermon,however i would love it if you managed to get links to these facts.

anything is possible, but I am a bit of a sceptic with that... there are some people that just naturally heal quicker than others, so it could be true

I agree with the theory that we are regenerate at some small level but as far as body parts, i'd say that's just movie magic. After all cutting a human is alot different then cutting off a human foot, after all.

Agreed with Atonement. They regenerate to some degree but they arent like a lizard or a gecko as if their leg gets sawed off that it will just grow back. In Bram Stokers Dracula, Lucy was decapited so that she wouldnt be able to regenerate. Once that limb is gone its gone. In my OPINION I think vampires heal faster than humans do. If we get a scrape or a cut our bodies heal. Same with Vamps. They just heal at much faster rate than humans. After all they do have some human dna in their system

i blame that part on hollywood

ya they get stabbed in the arm and hollywood show it heals as fast as it was done..

The human species as well as other animals do regenerate, but not to the level that Hollywood's vampire can.

The vampire can heal quickly. I have learned that if one eats a specific diet, one can heal quicker than say someone who eats a poorer diet, yet the speed of the healing is nowhere close to that portrayed by feature films.

I presume vampires can use the elements in blood to heal themselves. Of course, when you consider this, it would seem logical that evolution would eventually favour a vampire which could survive in daylight and even eat normal foods, like garlic, etc.

Hollywood is an amazing place...

I do love the healing properties that Tinsel Town has to offer!

GirlOfTheValley- She was decapitated because immortals die if this is done. Common immortal rule.

As for the topic on a whole, regeneration for a different species can be quite different. Only a couple of animals can accomplish it, so why not vampires of legend. No one has the proff that hey can and they don't have the proof that they can't. Who knows.

yes i believe they can regenerate

I believe it's all Hollywood

I guess in our case it is just hollywood fiction, but I believe that there are beings wich are able to rapidly regenerate thanks to their advanced physology. I think that is a matter of evolution.

"Hollywood, I think I'm going to Hollywood." There all your dreams can come true....

Come on, besides someone who can heal fast due to high white blood cell count, no human can regenerate the way Hollywood portrays it.

I know people with vampiric tendencies who heal extremely fast, and I know people without the tendencies who do too. I don't think there's any direct correlation.

i am glad that so many of you have decided to post here.i believe it is good for everyone to be able to give me their oppinions and beliefs about this subject.now there was also another movie that had something to do with regeneration.in ang lees the hulk it showed a scientist using animal dna with gene therapy techniques to try to combine it with his genes.now do you believe that this could be possible or just hollywood again?

I don't have sanguine tendencies but will share energy with willing participants. From my own experience I have noted the ability to heal my wounds faster by concentrating healing energy to the area that needs healing. A wound that would take some time to heal will heal in half the time or in just days.

I believe in the regeneration theory, as all living things regenerate. Some much quicker than others.

But, the quickness of the hollywood regeneration factor, that would put any living thing through an immense amount of pain.

I guess with this analysis, you need to heighten the pain attribute to regenerate quicker.

Remember, everything comes with a price.

They heal rather fast after ithey have fed, and the wound barely leaves a scar. They have very good agility, and strength as well.

I don't know about regenerating limbs - but I would believe they may be able to heal faster.

Then again, if they are undead how would anything grow - the cells are dead?

Hollywood is naught but a spider spinning a web of lies to make money, nothing more, nothing less.

I agree with the fiction votes from above; I disagree with the science explanations... The platelets work only inside the blood vessels... for the better of the body... When you get cut and the bleeding stops is because the platelets block the harmed vessel and allow the oxygen and nutrients to be held inside the body while other cells, specialized in repairs of damaged tissues take care of the wound...
Vampires might have a faster regeneration than "normal" humans because their whole metabolism is accelerated and that is why they need regular supplies of what they loose because their whole body is turned against them... But the faster regeneration also means a weakening in the body alltogether because of the fast intense use of the nutrients...
That invincibility and whole superhuman myth is only valid in movies...

Fiction. It is not about being a vampire or not, it is about your body type. Some take very long to regerate others are doing it quickly, simple as that.

i think it is pure fiction created by hollywood.

I agree that it is fiction. I sure am not going to volunteer to have my foot chopped off. I think that vampire blood and human blood have been so intertwined that any vampire traits that MAY have been real at one point are no longer true. Which traits they really possessed, I have no clue.

Rev. Ravyn

i am part vampire. i can regenerate to a point. i can't regrow an arm or an thing like that, but i have regrown nerves and tendons things like that.

well soul shroude made a very good point.everything does come with a price and certainly regeneration is one of those things.in life you always have to pay the price to play.as humans we regenerate blood cells and tissue.in animals they can regenerate body parts and like humans they also regenerate blood cells.in some cases the blood cells they manifestcan do great things in medical science.sticking to the issue here with the blood they regenerate do you think that the regenerated blood can provide us a knowledge of how to regenerate other things on us other than cells or blood?

I would say its just a feature given to them by famous hollywood writers.

Actually Pyramidhead, the scientific study of blood regeneration is precisely how we found out cures to common ailments as well as diseases. It is a fact of every day hospital research and developement.

Its not just in hollywood. alot of folklore has been passed down that healing is a gift certain vampires get.

It almost sounds like a compensation for their weakness against light and silver...
The cells from the blood have different times of regeneration... but like all the cells from our body, they come from that unique marvel known as the stem cell... If you want to fantasise a little, that stem cell is the perfect creature... It can morph into anything that surrounds it at a certain point. That is why is so studied for the regeneration processes

i heal fast, dont know if its related..
i also aged well, again dunno...

i say mostly myth.

That means you have a very good DNA... and that the body can manage better the physical stress that overcome...
I also don't show my age but that doesn't mean I am vampire...

If Time Lords can do it then why not vampires! Makes sense to me!

I believe there is a point of some regenration but not as hollywood portrays

Vampires are the living dead so how can you wound something that is not even alive therefore I feel that they do not need to worry about regeneration

i havent met one that can, so yeah, i don't think that's true.

Mind over matter works in alot of people... I've seen pain vanish for no apparent reason, but wounds I don't know if they can do the same thing with mind over matter issues.

Hollywood vamps are so talented and can do whatever they want to....accelerated regeneration....drinking from rats...biting small children who have been exposed to bubonic plague...anything they want...so long as it's in the script ;)

i thank you all for your input on this subject and i would really like to thank soul shroude.all of you have made this one of my proudest forum posts.regeneration is a big deal with most issues.whether it be of blood and cells or even tissue including brain tissue.speaking of brain tissue do you believe that some day if we can regenerate most of our brain tissues and actually do get to use our full potential within our minds we will generate into more than a human physical form or is it just mindless myths?

i think its a hollywood thing

when i meet a real vampire and see it with my own eyes, then i will believe it to be true..untill then i will say its all the trickery of a movie or book in which anything can happen

Only in Hollywood.

Maybe it has something to do with the blood intake increasing the coagulation process?

Not all of it is fiction. Like I said before I've seen pain go away and I've had pain go away unexplained but not an open wound. That would have to be something put into our minds by movies and such.

Yeah, definitely myth I'd say.

Mythic vampires have a magical essence in their blood which excuses them from the normal hazards of aging. They can recover from severe injuries, but not severed limbs. For this reason, they have learned to avoid sharp objects. They proceed through their everlasting lives being extra careful and rarely show an interest in sports. Mostly they become bookworms and wear velvet coats.

If vampirism is a virus or bateria then it is in its best intrest to keep the host complete,Some damage "aggravated"ie massive chunks of flesh removed or flame assisted damage could take longer to regen.
the movies have a fair take on this so far but they do seem to get spiffied up a tad too much.

I don't think vampires can regenerate after being wounded. Real vampires don't have them type of abilities. Mythical ones do, though.

I've never met a vampire...not one that wasn't a raving psychotic, lol, but I'm pretty sure that's just Hollywood.

I've met people who claim to be vampires but without being able to give me any proof .... who really knows? The websites and stories you read some how leave me with the same feelings sometimes.

Personally I believe in regeneration and that it is a slow process and by choise. I personally believe we can choose to make our body immortal even if not a vampire. But of course I am a big believer in the teachings if Linda Goodman. she chose death in the end, but it was her choise. I believe we all have to choose.

I think they can regenerate them selfs to a point, maybe a little faster then a human could. I think again hollywood blurs are vision

Sun sign Linda Goodman?

im told i look good for my age, and iv not been too ill till now..... now im marked for the off on this mortal coil

I agree with alixaron I have seen many a being that can regenerate it outer flesh so there r no wounds but there is still pain on the inner body like a brusie almost but still the pain of the damage they recive as if there were still an open wound!

lavisbre, everyone has been sick, my family seems to all ways look younger then they are, why I try and look older.
Healing a little faster then most is good, healing like 30 sec. after your cut, would be great. But thats Hollywood for you.

Regardless of how fast a person can 'heal' ....all flesh withers and dies, anything else is subject to the imagination of writers etc.

Sinora your right.

Last night a big dog jumped on me and clawed my chest, the marks were bad and bleeding. This morn you can hardly see one out of the four I had.

I still have the marks, in Hollywood I would have been healed faster, ah how that would have been great.

I believe they could regenerate yes....they would almost have to.

Vampires as a whole in the traditional sense are only in Hollywood. So yes, any associated powers would also be, only in Hollywood.

I have to say one thing if vampires were immortal then they would not need to regenerate because nothing could damage them.

its very possible.
i meen we have our of form of regeneration. its how our wounds scab over and heal. vampires would just have a much quicker version

i think it is hollywood cause who do u know that can regenatrate

Well I believe that you can be a very quick healer. I am I have cut myself and now they aren't really that noticable. I believe Regeneration is true. But as far as how fast hollywood makes it that is just hollywood.

Yes I think that vampires can heal faster than most humans. But not like in the movies where you hurt a vampire then the next second they are all better. lol

I think they may be able to heal quicker but as far as complete regeneration i dont think do.

it doesnt happen as fast in real life but it does happen faster than mortals

As Ive stated in other posts, Hollywoods portrayal of the supernatural, occult and alternative religions has been an enemy rather than a help and has been intergral in propagating stereotypes and things of that nature. So yes, I have to agree that the regeneration thing is hollywood hype.

It's just in the movies and books.

Just Hollywood movies. If there were real vampires, they wouldn't be able to do so.

I believe it's the fiction that gives them the power to regenerate quicker as many members above have said. I also agree with Jens above and a few other that mention your diet and genetic makeup do make a differance with your healing abilities because I know that I can heal quicker since I have a high count of hemoglobin in my blood which is a healing agent ... discovered the hard way many years ago when donating blood in HS and thats when they tested by pricking your ear and mine kept closing ... the old woman would keep sticking it and squeezing until she decided to use my finger than told me why .... I wanted to hit her on the head with my book! LOL

Another piece of Hollywood..

Um, yeah...so Hollywood.

Fiction.

In movies and books..Anything can happen.

It would depend on the vampire, although generally speaking I would say that vampires heal faster than other beings.

The Blade movies had some really interesting regeneration effects.

There is no real discussion here any more.