Types of Scars

There are many different types of scars that can result from a given injury, the most common being keloid, contracture, hypertrophic, stretched skin, and acne scars.  The treatments for scars vary and depend upon the type of scar and the person.
Keloid scars result from a healing process that’s overly aggressive.  The keloid scar is serious [...]

Scars Overview

A scar forms when a thick, deep layer called the dermis is damaged.  The body attempts to fix the damage by forming new collagen tissue that has a slightly different texture and color surrounding the existing tissue.
There are types of scarring that occurs.  Raised scars occur when the body overproduces collage and are known as [...]