Wound healing occurs as a response to disruption of the epidermis and dermis. It is an
intricate and well-orchestrated response with the goal to restore skin integrity and function …

Scars on the skin are a normal and inevitable process of healing a lesion caused by a
trauma to the human species [1]. The morphology of the scars acquires a varied aspect …

Background and Objectives Ablative fractional laser treatment has been used to improve the
color and texture of hypertrophic scars with safe and effective results. However, no …

Background and Objectives Growth of capillaries is an essential process after a dermal
injury. An immature scar with robust growth of capillaries tends to be hypertrophic. Pulsed …

Background: Scars affect patients after trauma, burns, or surgical procedures and can
generate both physical and psychosocial changes. The aesthetic damage represents the …

Though widely used to assess pathological scars, the modified Vancouver Scar Scale
(mVSS) is neither convenient nor objective. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is used to …

Background Vascularity of hypertrophic scar is a key indicator of scar maturation and a vital
parameter of evaluating effects of scar management interventions. This study aims to …

In their article published in this months issue of International Journal of Impotence Research,
Spirito et al. sought to evaluate the impact of low dose oral tadalafil on the rate of penile …

Burn scars have the potential to become patients' most valuable reconstructive anatomy
after sustaining burn injuries. The art of local tissue rearrangement enables that potential to …

Background Paediatric donor site wounds are often complicated by dyspigmentation
following a split-thickness skin graft. These easily identifiable scars can potentially never …