Scars are areas of fibrous tissue ( fibrosis ) that replace normal skin after injury. A scar results from the biological process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions , every wound (e.g. after accident , disease , or surgery ) results in some degree of scarring. An exception to this is animals with regeneration , which do not form scars and the tissue will grow back exactly as before. Scar tissue is the same protein (collagen) as the tissue that it replaces, but the fiber composition of the protein is different; instead of a random basketweave formation of the collagen fibers found in normal tissue, in fibrosis the collagen cross-links and forms a pronounced alignment in a single direction. This collagen scar tissue alignment is usually of inferior functional quality to the normal collagen randomised alignment. For example, scars in the skin are less resistant to ultraviolet radiation , and sweat glands and hair follicles do not grow back within scar tissue. A myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, causes scar formation in the heart muscle, which leads to loss of muscular power and possibly heart failure . However, there are some tissues (e.g. bone ) that can heal without any structural or functional deterioration.
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my 8 year old son has burn scars in his upper rt arm how to get rid of it
hi i am female 25 yr old suffering from the problem of keloid on chest as well as back .from last 9 years Please suggest me some treatment except the surgery and steroid injection to get rid of this as soon as possible.Suggest me doctor if...
Hi the last 2 3 days I have noticed when I get out the bath and dry myself where my c section scar is in a certain place it hurts today I had a feel around and it feels liked have a little lump and that is what is...
I am a 24 year old male. When I was an infant (2 months) I had a surgery to remove a blockage in my stomach. Now recently I have been having sharp pain, and some yellowish pus coming from right above, and sometimes...
What does linear areas of scarring and bronchial wall thickening mean? I just had another bout of neumonia they think..further evaluation of the lung parenchyma is recommended with high resolution ct scan of the chest...
Hi... I have had a little ulser on the end of my nose for a long time... my mom made a joke about me being Pinoccio (Sp)... My father is a surgeon and told me a few times... last summer actually... it was just a...
can hand biting leave scars if you don't break your skin?
wondered if there was anyone online, who knew how to interpret a renogram result please, was interested in the split ratio result
the split levels were 46 and 54, my egfr 90,creat 62, so normal, but i have had bilateral stents and a...
just noticed a small painless lump an inch above my appendix scar
I need the best possible scar treatment.
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User : recently i met with an accident and had 4 stiches on my forehead near eyebrow now the stiches have been removed how can i prevent it from the...
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hello, I have a Boil like bump that is located on my helix I believe, I got myear peirced on Nov 17, and about 2-3 days ago I noticed this bump start to form, it is not that big but if you look at my ear, it is noticable, it was leaking clear and white pus not too long ago, but it has slowed down, almost stopped, is it a keloid or infection?
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Sir/Madam, Due to a Bike accident 5 yrs ago, I got few Keloid. One is in right Shoulder skin . Its itching frequently. Should I go for operation, will it re-occur after operation. Is the operation Minor / Major. Thanks, Pabitra, Pune
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Hi, kindly guide me to a doctor or clinic in Bangalore for treatment of Keloids .
Hi... İ am a woman of 40 years experiencing post harpies. İ have left over with scrs in the nose and there is some burning sensation happening in the nose. İ have treated it through a doctor but some hollow scars have been left behind . Please suggest some ways to reduce those scars?? İ will be very helpful to you??
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I have keloids on chest . More than 10 years ago a small one was there. Now it have been spraded over on the chest. Small infections on scratching transfers in to small one. afterwards all small point keloids joined into big. Verymuch itchy.touch sensettive,heat sensetive.
Hi I have a friend who has active keloid on his chest since a year. Recently itis super itchy and inflammed while another keloid is in the formation in its vicinity.As he is off for a vacation for 12 days can we recommend diprovate n as an ointment and Tab Allegra 180 mg OD (he is fasting for his Ramzan) for 13 days and then look at...
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Scars on my cheeks, cause due to harsh cream, pits and holes on cheek skin, vitamin c cream to heal,
I have some scars on my cheeks due from a harsh cream,couple of them look like the top layer has been rubbed off ,i also have pits and holes ,can i use a vitamin c cream to heal this?I worried about putting a cream on them cause i am afraid it will make them worse
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Hi: I have friend that have a huege scar in his head. I ask hin I he had an accident but he told me that its happend during his mother loabor him they cut his head with forceps his scar is 4in wide and like 6in long, instead of hair he have a big scar. I ask him ifhis mother or him had some kind of compensation for that and hi told me no. He is...
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I HAVE A KELOID SCAR ON MY CHEST THAT STARTED FROM A ACNE SCAR. IT WASNT VERY NOTICEABLE REALLY TO ANYONE BUT MYSELF AND IT REALLY DIDNT BOTHER ME UNTIL I WENT TO GET IT REMOVED BY LASER , IT THEN CAME BACK BIGGER AND MORE PAINFUL. I AM SO SELF CONCIOUS ABOUT IT THAT I TRY NOT TO WEAR SHIRTS OR BLOUSES THAT ARE LOW CUT BUT BEING A MIDDLE AGE...
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i have been clean from meth for about a month now and working really hard at it but im seeming to want it more and more because i get so depressed over how i have scarred my body my legs and arms chest but my legs are so badly scarred i dont want to look at them in the shower can someone please tell me besides surgery is there anything i can do...
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