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It is not
always possible
to prevent scars.
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To what
extent you will develop scars
depends on your personal predisposition
and external influences.
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Scar corrections
are either
performed surgically on an out patient
basis and under local anesthesia or
through laser therapy.
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Excessive
scarring can be prevented
by massaging a silicon gel into the
affected area (Contractubex).
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A fotodocumentation
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Scars are the body's reaction to healing skin.
Unfortunately, when injuries occur, the size, shape, and location
of wounds are unpredictable. Wounds heal by laying down scar
tissue. Physicians are unable to consistently predict how a
patient will heal for a given injury. Ethnic skin, such as Blacks,
Hispanics, Asians, and patients of Mediterranean decent have
a higher incidence of healing with hyper pigmentation. Caucasian
skin tends to heal with hypo pigmentation.
Keloids are seen in all races, but are more common in darker-skinned
individuals. Keloid scars are abnormal scars that grow beyond
the boundaries of the injury. For example, a simple ear piercing
may lead to a marble size keloid. Keloid scars are difficult
to treat and are many times misdiagnosed by physicians and patients.
Keep in mind:
When a surgeon performs a cosmetic procedure, scars are placed
in locations that are cosmetically acceptable, unlike traumatic
wounds. It is important after appropriate cleansing and wound
care that a patient understands that a scar will continue to
heal and look its best one to two years post injury.
Most physicians would not recommend scar revision for a minimum
of six months to one year after the injury/surgery. Besides
the expertise of the surgeon, to limit scarring, other factors,
such as size, location, shape, age of the patient, and healing
ability play a role in the final result. Even with scar revision,
which can be performed by several techniques, the resulting
scar may be better, worse, or the same. Therefore, it is important
that the patient and the physician revise scars that are cosmetically
unacceptable and have a high probability of improvement.
Scars play a role in appearance, but can limit movement of a
joint, retard growth of a child, and may be painful, bleed or
ulcerate. Scars that cause functional impairment are almost
always revised.
Non-surgical treatments of scars include sun avoidance, Vitamin
E, steroid applications, steroid injections, or the use of silastic
gel sheeting. It is the public's misperception that plastic
surgeons operate without producing scars. Plastic surgeons are
specialized surgeons that are trained in wound closure as to
minimize scarring, and where appropriate will place scars in
locations, or in certain directions that will leave the patient
with the best possible scar. However, as previously stated,
other factors are involved when determining the patient's resultant
scar.
Please
give us a call: 00973 - 369 726 69
Department in Kingdom of Bahrain
- Manama
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Treatment and Care |
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Despite ultra-modern surgical techniques
and many approaches to healing, the development of scars cannot
always be averted.
However, there are remedies
against scarring:
- Use gels containing silicon,
gently and applying slight
pressure massage them into
the scar in all directions,
covering all edges.
Proven effects:
- Promotes the elasticity of the
scar tissue.
- Visible improvement of scar
structures
- Noticeable reduction of pain and
tension in the scar area. |
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