Fraxel Laser Treatment

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Fraxel for Scars

Scars form as part of the natural healing process when the skin is cut (as in surgery) or injured. There are four main kinds of scars. Atrophic scars are indentations or depressions that form in the skin, like acne scars. They can vary in size, shape...

Zhao's Chinese Medicine Remedies

Dr. Zhao Lizhen of China has demonstrated an effective way of using Chinese medicines to treat contractual and hypertrophic scars. [7] . The treatment consists of two procedures: Blistering the scar tissues to cause superficial wounds, and, Treating...

Natural remedies

Rose hip seed oil helps to diminish general scarring, particularly helping common skin inflammations such as acne and rosacea . Research shows the use of vitamin E and onion extract as a treatment for scars has been proven ineffective, and in some c...

Radiotherapy

Low-dose, superficial radiotherapy , is used to prevent re-occurrence of severe keloid and hypertrophic scarring. It is usually effective, but only used in extreme cases due to the risk of long-term side effects....

Surgery

Scars, such as acne scars, can be cut out and stitched up, a process called scar revision...

Laser surgery & resurfacing

The use of lasers on scars is a new form of treatment that is still being improved. Vascular lasers have been proven to greatly reduce the redness of most scars 6-10 weeks after the initial treatment. They have not been proven effective in flattenin...

Collagen injections

Collagen injections can be used to raise sunken scars to the level of surrounding skin. Its effects are however temporary, and it needs to be regularly repeated. There is also a risk in some people of an allergic reaction ....

Dermabrasion

Dermabrasion involves the removal of the surface of the skin with specialist equipment and usually involves a general anaesthetic . It is useful with raised scars, but is less effective when the scar is sunken below the surrounding skin....

Steroid injections

A long term course of steroid injections under medical supervision, into the scar may help flatten and soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars. The steroid is injected into the scar itself; since very little is absorbed into the blood...

Pressure garments

Pressure garments should be used only under supervision by a medical professional. They are most often used for burn scars that cover a large area, this treatment is only effective on recent scars. Pressure garments are usually custom-made from elas...

Topical treatments

Silicone gel sheets are claimed to help flatten and soften raised scars if worn regularly; the evidence for this remains uncertain due to the poor quality of research. [5] However silicone sheets are easier to use and with lower risks of side effect...

Treatments for skin scars

No scar can ever be completely removed [ citation needed ] and treatments will always leave a trace, but a number of approaches have been tried with silicon gel sheeting and steroid injections having the most widely accepted role in general scar tre...

Abnormal scars

Two types of scars are the result of the body overproducing collagen, which causes the scar to be raised above the surrounding skin. Hypertrophic scars take the form of a red raised lump on the skin, but do not grow beyond the boundaries of the orig...

How scarring occurs

A scar is a natural part of the healing process. Skin scars occur when the deep, thick layer of skin (the dermis ) is damaged. The worse the damage is, the worse the scar will be. Most skin scars are flat, pale and leave a trace of the original inju...