Healing

A vampire will commonly have to heal their bodies at some point in their vampiric life, to maintain their vessel in full condition and to always be at the peak of their ability. Healing, though a simple enough process takes a substantial amount of vitae to be able to fully close over wounds, so most vampires when in battle, take the first step towards healing and then fully heal later. Healing may be neccesary when the vampire or injured is trying to avoid falling into torpor due to blood loss in battle, however unfortunately healing takes up enough vitae that it might end up putting you into torpor, because of the lack of vitae to do so

Stage One: Vasoconstriction
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, particularly the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels. The process is particularly important in staunching hemorrhage and acute blood loss. When blood vessels constrict, the flow of blood is restricted or decreased, thus, retaining body heat or incresing vascular resistance. Cutaneously, this makes the skin turn paler because less blood reaches the surface, reducing the radiation of heat. Using Vitae a vampire would narrow the blood vessels and tighten them to reduce the blood flow in a particular area.

Stage Two: Platelets
Platelets are natural sources of the growth factor, they circulate in the blood of mammals (or in this case, vampires) and lead to the formation of blood clots. Platelets release a multitude of growth factors, which have been shown to play a significant role in the repair and regeneration of connective tissues. Plateles are triggered by enzymes leaked from the torn blood vessel which rush to the wound. Accumulating on the sides of the wound(s), these sticky blood cells clump to each other and then adhere to the sides of the torn blood vessel, making a plug.

Stage Three: Clotting
Clotting proteins in the blood join together to form a fibrin net that holds the platelet plug in place over the tear, and the bleeding stops completely. The fibrin plug becomes a scab that will eventually fall off or be reabsorbed into the body once healing is complete.