Background The high recurrence rate of keloids has lead to the use of multiple treatment
adjuncts to improve cosmetic outcomes after surgery. To date, there has been no single …

Scar development remains a common occurrence and a major healthcare challenge
affecting the lives of millions of patients annually. Severe injuries to the skin, such as burns …

Scars are the normal outcome of wound repair and involve a co-ordinated inflammatory and
fibrotic process. When a scar does not resolve, uncontrolled chronic inflammation can …

Significance: Wound healing is the largest medical market without an existing small
molecule/drug treatment. Both “under-healing”(chronic wounds) and “over …

Exaggerated healing and remodeling after skin injury may cause hypertrophic and keloidal
scars, which are associated with functional and quality of life impairment. There is limited …

The aim of this study was to review and critically assess the most used and clinimetrically
sound outcome measures currently available for postsurgical scar assessment in …

Keloids (K) and hypertrophic scars (HS) are abnormal responses to wound healing that
occur as the result of dermal inflammation. Despite the advances on their treatment, many …

Background The ear is the common site for keloid formation especially in women after ear
piercing. Surgery is the main stay of treatment in these lesions but there are large numbers …

Keloids are characterized by excessive collagen deposition and growth beyond the edges of
the initial injury, and cytokines may be related to their formation. The objective of this study …

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