Scars
Scars are the natural closure of an injury to the skin.
Visible scars occur when the deeper layers of the skin are compromised.
What can influence scar formation?
Scar formation varies from person to person and is influenced by many factors: it is therefore not appropriate to rely solely on the size and depth of the wound.
Age, for example, is very important: the older the person, the slower the healing process of the injury.
However, even between the ages of 10 and 30, overproduction of connective tissue can make scar formation difficult. In addition, people with very light or dark skin will develop much more noticeable scars than others, as will people with a particular hormonal balance, such as teenagers or pregnant women. The position of the lesion is also very relevant in this process, so scars will form in areas of the body where the skin is subjected to greater tension.
If a lesion is complicated, such as chronic inflammation (acne), the risk of scarring is higher.
How many and what types of scars are there?
Scars can be classified mainly into hypertrophic scars, keloid scars and atrophic scars.
Types of scars
- Hypertrophic and keloid scars develop due to intense hyperproduction of connective tissue, which causes the scar to grow beyond the wound and over healthy skin.
- Keloid scars are much larger than the original size of the injury and have greater invasiveness and persistence than hypertrophic scars.
- Keloid scars develop mainly in areas where the skin is under greater tension, in genetically predisposed subjects and up to 10 times more frequently in dark-skinned subjects.
- Atrophic scars are characterized by a sagging due to a lack of collagen. In this case, therefore, not enough tissue is produced to cover the entire damaged area. This type of scar is especially common after acne or chickenpox.
Treatments
Treatments vary according to the characteristics, time of evolution, location and many other individual factors of each scar, so in ARTE MEDDICAL we perform a medical evaluation and with the concept of the specialist we do the best for you.
- Application of fibrin-rich plasma PRF.
- Nanopore for scars.
- Laser for scars.
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The scars generated permanent damage in some layers of the skin, so they do not disappear completely, but if they can improve a lot, the percentage of improvement depends on many factors such as skin type, regeneration of each patient, the type of scar, the way the scar was generated, the time of evolution etc.. Therefore the prognosis is different in each patient and will be explained in the medical evaluation, what we want to achieve in the scars is that they are as flat and linear as possible and with the color similar to the patient's skin.
For the treatment of scars is necessary to combine several techniques, including application of Platelet-rich fibrin, Nanopore, laser and other treatments, in all is necessary to perform the procedure as strong as the skin and the patient tolerate it if you want to get better and faster results, but always performed under anesthesia, so that there is little pain.