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What are the causes for face scars?

Various factors influence how one’s skin scars. Any burn, injury, surgery, trauma, overexposure to sun rays can also lead to scar on face and hands, etc. A scar isn’t so bad if it’s small yet it’s embarrassing if it’s on the face or other expose parts of the body. Let’s see how we can treat scars in different ways, by home remedies or through advance technologies.
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There are different types of skin scars, and the appropriate course to get rid of them depends on the type as well as the scar’s characteristics and location. Your health and medical history also come into play when planning treatment with a dermatologist or plastic surgeon. Some scars, usually seen as a result of severe acne, are depressed, and are known as icepick, boxcar and rolling scars. Hypertrophic and keloid scars are raised above the surface of the skin.
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Skin scars occur when the deep, thick layer of skin (the dermis) is damaged. Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. Scar tissue is not identical to the tissue which it replaces and is usually of inferior functional quality. Scar tissue can form on the skin or on internal wounds. People with conditions like liver cirrhosis, heart disease, and pancreatitis often have scar tissue on their liver, heart or pancreas. A scar is a natural part of the healing process. Larger spots may coalesce to form a broad band of dappling. A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Scars can also take the form of stretched skin. Most skin scars are flat, pale and leave a trace of the original injury which caused them. The redness that often follows an injury to the skin is not a scar, and is generally not permanent.
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Laser is commonly used now days to resurface the facial problems. Problems such as- wrinkles, blotches, age spots, fine lines and scar marks are very easily treated with lasers. Other surgical procedures such as chemical peeling and dermabrasion are also used to remove the blemishes from the skin, but laser is becoming more popular because of reasons such as-
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Skin scars occur when the deep, thick layer of skin (the dermis) is damaged. Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury. Scar tissue is not identical to the tissue which it replaces and is usually of inferior functional quality. Scar tissue can form on the skin or on internal wounds. People with conditions like liver cirrhosis, heart disease, and pancreatitis often have scar tissue on their liver, heart or pancreas. A scar is a natural part of the healing process. Larger spots may coalesce to form a broad band of dappling. A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Scars can also take the form of stretched skin. Most skin scars are flat, pale and leave a trace of the original injury which caused them. The redness that often follows an injury to the skin is not a scar, and is generally not permanent.
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