Cutaneous Scarring: A Clinical Review
Cutaneous scarring can cause patients symptoms ranging from the psychological to physical pain. Although the process of normal scarring is well described the ultimate cause of pathological scarring remains unknown. Similarly, exactly how early gestation fetuses can heal scarlessly remains unsolved....
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| description | Cutaneous scarring can cause patients symptoms ranging from the psychological to physical pain. Although the process of normal scarring is well described the ultimate cause of pathological scarring remains unknown. Similarly, exactly how early gestation fetuses can heal scarlessly remains unsolved. These questions are crucial in the search for a preventative or curative antiscarring agent. Such a discovery would be of enormous medical and commercial importance, not least because it may have application in other tissues. In the clinical context the assessment of scars is becoming more sophisticated and new physical, medical and surgical therapies are being introduced. This review aims to summarise some of the recent developments in scarring research for non-specialists and specialists alike. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4ff6d5f26f84fd2bda7979bc2b281f22025-08-20T03:26:25ZengWileyDermatology Research and Practice1687-61051687-61132009-01-01200910.1155/2009/625376625376Cutaneous Scarring: A Clinical ReviewRichard Baker0Fulvio Urso-Baiarda1Claire Linge2Adriaan Grobbelaar3Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3DZ, UKDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane Bradford, West Yorkshire BD9 6RJ, UKRAFT Institute of Plastic Surgery, The Leopold Muller Building, Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UKDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free Hospital Hampstead NHS Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UKCutaneous scarring can cause patients symptoms ranging from the psychological to physical pain. Although the process of normal scarring is well described the ultimate cause of pathological scarring remains unknown. Similarly, exactly how early gestation fetuses can heal scarlessly remains unsolved. These questions are crucial in the search for a preventative or curative antiscarring agent. Such a discovery would be of enormous medical and commercial importance, not least because it may have application in other tissues. In the clinical context the assessment of scars is becoming more sophisticated and new physical, medical and surgical therapies are being introduced. This review aims to summarise some of the recent developments in scarring research for non-specialists and specialists alike.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/625376 |
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