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So you've been injured in some way, and you need immediate healing. Luckily, you have a friend with Healing Hands. He does what he does best, and nurses you back to perfect health in seconds. You look down to admire your friend's handiwork and think, "Wow! He's good! My bloodstains are gone, and the puncture mark in my leather jacket is gone too! How does he do it?"

That's the question this trope raises. How do healers launder and repair your clothes, as well as heal your wounds, so quickly? This is commonly seen in fantasy and sci-fi works, and is seldom explained. When it is, it's usually Handwaved by the explanation that the healer is just that good. Sometimes Healing Hands don't even have to be involved; characters with a Healing Factor will often display this talent.

When this happens in something drawn, like a Manga or Comic Strip for example, it is so the artist doesn't need to keep drawing the bloodstains and tears in clothing. To avert this, the artist would need to remember where each bloodstain and clothing tear was placed on said character, and then draw it in every subsequent frame involving that clothing. So, unless they are Lampshaded, examples from animation will not be added.

Related to: Magic Pants, Beauty Is Never Tarnished.

Examples:

Anime and Manga

Justified on Bleach. A Soul Reaper's clothing is simply another manifestation of his spirit, like his body. When healed, the clothing heals as well.

Live-Action Television

Whenever Leo would heal someone in Charmed, usually their clothes would "heal" as well.

Film

In this deleted scene from Thor, Selvig is wounded by a shard of glass, and then healed by Thor's "healing stone". The stone not only clears up the wound but patches Selvig's cardigan as well

Video Games

Team Fortress 2's Meet the Medic video: When the Medic turns the medigun up to full power, it not only heals the Heavy's injuries, but repairs the damage to his jacket.

Webcomics