Hypertrophic scars and keloids both form due to excess collagen during wound healing. But hypertrophic scars stay within the confines of the wound, while keloids can grow beyond. Keloids are also much ...

Scarring, whether caused by acne, surgery or another wound-inducing experience, is almost as inevitable as it is permanent. If your scars create textural changes to your skin, it is unlikely that an ...

As a wound heals, tissue begins to grow over the wound, protecting it and replacing the damaged skin. As this fibrous tissue settles in, you develop a scar. Essentially, scars are nature’s way of ...

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I never knew what a keloid (pronounced “kee-loyd”) was or that I was prone to getting them until I had surgery in 2017. While the stitches dissolved in days and the bruising around the area ...

Hypertrophic scar treatments include silicone gel sheets, corticosteroid lotions or injections, cryotherapy, and laser therapy. However, these scars often go away on their own without interventions.

We’ve all got a good scar story—“Wanna hear how I got this one?”—but most of us also have at least one or two scars that, if given the chance, we’d undo happily. Nothing wrong with wearing your scars ...