Cool. In a case like this I just figured "permanent" could either mean "You're stick with this forever, absolutely" or "It's not gonna heal naturally or get fixed with the normal healing rules, but, ya know, yeah, there might be something you can do about it, but it ain't gonna be easy"
Not that I expect this kind of stuff to come up any time soon... it's just my usual over-thinking of everything.
Thanks again, Vincent.