Scars Can Be Removed Through Plastic Surgery
Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
by Dave Stringham
LookingYourBest.com
The natural result of your body attempting to heal a tear in the skin or an open wound in the body tissues or skin surface is a scar. All people will form scars within their life. Scars are always the result of trauma which goes to or through the deeper layers of the skin or underlying structures or tissue. They may also be a result of surgical incisions. Scars will in fact occur from any type of procedure. There is no such thing as a "scarless procedure," regardless of what is advertised or hyped.
Unlike many things, scars' appearance typically improve with age. This is not typical of most things. What may start off as unsightly, thickened scars can become much thinner and virtually unnoticeable with time. With the healing of scars, there are commonly several stages. A carefully closed wound or incision will usually have a small amount of bruising and swelling over the first few days after the procedure or injury. Sutures will then be removed if this is necessary. Scar production will then start along with wound healing. Natural building blocks, such as collagen, will then be brought into the area of the wound. This will allow the area of the scar to be sealed and bridged.
At first, the scar will appear to become more redder and lumpy. This process will typically last between two and six weeks. The scar will look much redder and wider than it did initially between approximately four and eight weeks. This is likely to be the worst that the scar will look, however this will subside and is a natural part of the healing process. This scar will usually remain reddened for one to six months afterward. After that, as the collagen, fibers, and scar organizes and matures, the scar will usually contract down and flatten out. The color then becomes less red and begins to take on the appearance and color of the surrounding tissue. Gently fading with time, the scar will subside.
A scar will sometimes not heal as expected. In some people, the scar can overgrow the wound and get larger, rather than smaller, with time. These healing scars are referred to as keloids. Keloids are most often treated with excision or direct removal of the area.
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Dave Stringham, the President of LookingYourBest.com writes about plastic surgery in Los Angeles, California and plastic surgery procedures including los angeles scar revision, breast augmentation, tummy tuck, liposuction, rhytidectomy, and brachioplasty.
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