Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Hypertrophic scar treatments include silicone gel sheets, corticosteroid lotions or injections, cryotherapy, and laser therapy. However, these scars often go ...

Although doctors remain unsure of what causes scar tissue to form, they do know that hypertrophic scars and keloids can result from burns, insect bites, acne, chicken pox, piercings, tattoos, and ...

Injections may help soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars. Injections of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or bleomycin into scars can help reduce the size of the scar and ease itchiness and pain.

Hypertrophic piercing bumps and keloid scars can look similar. However, there are various ways to differentiate them. Skin changes can occur at the site of piercings. Knowing how to tell the ...

Scar Revision. A derm surgeon or plastic surgeon may surgically remove scarred skin and attempt to reconstruct the remaining tissue in such a way to improve the ultimate appearance of the scar.

August 26, 2009 — Keloids and hypertrophic scars result from an exuberant healing response and are often difficult to distinguish and treat, according to a review of recommendations for family ...

hypertrophic scar removal Publish Date June 12, 2007 My daughter had three well-circumscribed, <2-mm warts in a triangular pattern on her left elbow.

Hypertrophic scar formation can occur as a result of an abnormality in these processes. The frequency of such scarring ranges from 40% to 94% following surgery and from 30% to 91% following a burn ...

A new study in Burns & Trauma, published by Oxford University Press, reveals promising new strategies to prevent skin scarring after injuries. While scars are common when wounds heal, hypertrophic ...