. A hernia is when a small amount of your gut (intestine) or other tissue bulges through the muscles that cover it. It is a proteolytic (protein) enzyme that is used to treat inflammation, pain, cancer, circulation disorders, lung problems and to support the immune system. My logical assumption is that I would need to drop to a severely low fat level before scar tissue was used up, but frankly I don't know much about autophagy. Scar tissue is present after all surgeries, but with the ankle, many times the scar is longer due to the amount of damage. 