Scar Removal Basics - Key Concepts

Scars are probably one of the most misunderstood skin health issues

. It is a result of the natural process that happens every time the skin is injured. Hence, it is always a consequence of wounds. It is not something that happens only for a certain percentage of people because it happens all the time for every wound. Minor lesions are an exception but most wounds become scar tissues.

Scar tissues are composed of fibrous tissues that replace the normal skin tissues that get damaged. It is made of weaker material than those it replaces and will contain no hair follicle, sweat and oil glands. The skin loses those adaptive facilities when it becomes scarred. This is why scars are said to be more prone to destructive elements like the ultraviolet rays of the sun. We should take good care of scars and keep them protected against excessive sun exposure.

Scarring is developed through the skin's inflammatory reaction to the injury and the extreme fibroblast and collagen proliferation. New collagen fibers are laid down during the process of healing but when the collagen over-expresses, it assumes that scarified appearance that we all know too well. Collagen over-expression makes the scar more obvious and distinct from the surrounding normal skin tissues.

The severity of the wound will determine more or less the appearance of the resulting scar. In general, the bigger the size of the injury, the worse the scar is going to look. Majority of scars will take the shape of the original wound and most will vanish after some time. But the time it requires to do this will vary from person to person. Some may take only a few days and some take longer. It all depends on how bad the wound was in the first place.

Unfortunately, for a certain percentage of scars, over production of collagen results in abnormal-looking scars that are characterized by reddish bumps on the skin that cover the area of the original skin injury and never goes beyond. These are known as hypertrophic scars.

Keloid are scars that are considered the worst of the bunch because of the fact that it grows farther and beyond the edge of the original skin injury. At times, tumorous growths keloid tissues will grow. Although they are said to be benign. The appearance can be a little unsettling so many people go to great lengths in their effort to get rid of them.

In contrast to the hypertrophic scar is what we call the recessed scar which are characterized by the pitted or sunken appearance that people also hate. Most cases of this type of scarring are associated with with chicken pox and acne.

Stretched marks or striae, are scars that results from skin being stretched very rapidly which usually occur during pregnancy, significant weight gain, burst of growth (as in the adolescent stage), and muscle/body building. They usually appear as reddish or purplish lines on the skin when they are fresh but lighten as time goes by.

by: Rick Riley

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