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A scar is a mark that has been left after the healing of injured tissue. A hypertrophic scar is formed when an imbalance occurs in the healing process of a wound and too much collagen is produced, resulting in excess fibrous tissue. This excess tissue is also known as a raised scar. Copper peptide is an organic protein that is used to promote wound healing and skin renewal. It does this by removing damaged proteins from the skin and stimulating the formation of new, healthy tissue.
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Surgery for simple keloid tissue must be done with good handling. Skin closure should be done to prevent keloid recurrence. Cutting the skin can also be a way to reduce skin tension. Try to prevent all sources of infection post surgery (hair, foreign objects, and hematom infection). The surgery will be more effective when combined with external radiation, and injection.
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1. Is It a Keloid or Hypertrophic Scar?
When there has been injury to the skin, either through surgery, piercing or other trauma, (such as a simple pimple or burn), the skin begins to heal itself. Normally, the scar area will be flat. Sometimes the healing tissue is thick or raised but confines itself within the perimeter of the scar. This is a hypertrophic scar. These scars usually diminish on their own within one year or so. However, if a keloid scar has developed, it will act like a growth, beginning from the healing skin area and continuing into healthy skin tissue. This fibrous growth happens when your body overproduces collagen in the healing tissue of a scar and doesn’t stop production when the repair needs are met.
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A keloid, also referred to as a keloid scar and a hypertrophic scar, is an overgrowth of scar tissue at the site of a healed wound. Conditions that may cause a keloid to form include acne, ear piercings, surgical incisions, vaccinations and traumatic lacerations. Young, black females have a higher incidence of developing keloid scars, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The keloid scarring may also run in families. Symptoms of a keloid include a pink, red or flesh-colored skin lesion that mounds up over a healed skin injury. Most often, keloids do not require treatment, but several options exist to help reduce the size of the scar.
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There are many causes for scars whether from injury, burn and abrasions or resulting from a surgery. The more common types of scars are keloid and hypertrophic scars. Unfortunately a keloid scar is often times more serious and painful than a hypertrophic scar. Both are results of some type of injury or trauma to the skin tissue. A hypertrophic scar forms immediately after the injury where as a keloid might form further along. Often times the hypertrophic scar if minor can diminish in appearance through time or the use of a scar remover where as a keloid may become more pronounced with time.
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