Comparison of the effect of silicone gel sheets by thickness on excisional scars in pediatric and adolescent patients [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2022 Background Selecting effective products among the various types of silicone gel sheets can be challenging for surgeons. Therefore, we assessed the effect of silicone gel sheet thickness on surgical scars in pediatric and adolescent patients. Methods From
Min Ji Kim, Woo Beom Lee, Dong Ha Park
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Scar folding for the treatment of nostril stenosis after open rhinoplasty: a case report [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2023 A 25-year-old woman was referred for discomfort when breathing through her left nose. The patient had undergone augmentation rhinoplasty 5 years ago, after which hypertrophic scarring occurred in the left nostril.
Joo-Hak Kim +7 more
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Treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars: A descriptive review [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2023 Keloids and hypertrophic scars are lesions formed from the abnormal fibroproliferative response to the wound healing process, generating excessive collagen proliferation in the lesions.
Luiz Fernando Lima Barros +3 more
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Effect of essential oil on hypertrophic scars
Medisains, 2021 Background: Hypertrophic scars are abnormal scars resulted from a disrupted wound healing process. Hypertrophic scars can affect the body aesthetic of the sufferers, but, on the other hand, conventional therapy has not been optimally effective.
Ave Olivia Rahman +3 more
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Inhibition of ANGPT2 activates autophagy during hypertrophic scar formation via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2023 Background Hypertrophic scar (HS), a fibroproliferative disorder caused by aberrant wound healing following skin injuries such as burns, lacerations and surgery, is characterized by invasive proliferation of fibroblasts and excessive extracellular matrix
Hongxin Chen +5 more
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Effects of Minimizing Scar Formation by Early Fractional CO Laser Resurfacing [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2014 Background Much of the theory regarding the treatment of surgical scars advocates a wait-and-see approach. The use of lasers prophylactically against scarring in the early postoperative period is relatively new.
Soo Chung Hong +3 more
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Umbilicoplasty by vertical incision: description of the technique and assessment of satisfaction [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2017 INTRODUCTION: The abdomen is an important aesthetic functional segment in the characterization of the body contour. In abdominoplasty, the placement and shape of the umbilical scar are important for a satisfactory result. This study aimed to describe the
Diogo Borges Pedroso +7 more
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São Paulo Medical Journal, 2021 BACKGROUND: Vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis (VUAS) following retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) significantly worsens quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between proliferative hypertrophic scar formation and VUAS, and ...
Ismail Selvi +3 more
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Treatment of patients with afterburn hypertrophic and keloid cicatrices
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2008 To improve the results of conservative treatment of patients with afterburn hypertrophic and keloid cicatrices, 245 patients up to 65 years old having afterburn cicatrices of various area and localization have been examined and treated.
A. A. Kovalevsky +3 more
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Evaluation of the use of tacrolimus ointment for the prevention of hypertrophic scars in experimental model [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de DermatologiaBACKGROUND: Tacrolimus, for its activity on modulation of collagen production and fibroblast activity, may have a role in the prevention of hypertrophic scars. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate macroscopic, microscopic, metabolic, laboratory effects and side effects
Mariana Campos Souza Menezes +3 more
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