Background Problematic scarring remains a challenging aspect to address in the treatment
of burns and can significantly affect the quality of life of the burn survivor. At present, there …

A systematic review on the prevalence, etiology, and pathophysiology of intrinsic pain in
dermal scar tissue Page 45 A Systematic Review on Prevalence, Etiology and Pathophysiology …

Keloids have high recurrence rates. Current first-line therapy is triamcinolone (TAC)
injection, but it has been suggested that approximately 50% of keloids are steroid resistant …

Increased burn wound healing time has been shown to influence abnormal scarring. This
study hypothesised that scar severity increases commensurate to the increase in time to …

Background Current scar assessment methods do not capture variation in scar outcome
across the burn scar surface area. A new method (mVSS-TBSA) using a modified Vancouver …

Abstract Background The DermaLab Combo® is a device with potential to make objective
measurements of key scar components–pigmentation, vascularity, pliability and thickness …

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Background Laser therapies are used prophylactically for excessive scar formation. The
Laser-Assisted Skin Healing treatment induces a controlled heat stress that promotes tissue …

We describe an approach for estimating human skin parameters, such as melanosome
concentration, collagen concentration, oxygen saturation, and blood volume, using …

Hypertrophic scars (HTS) are a pathologic reaction of the skin and soft tissue to burn or other
traumatic injury. Scar tissue can cause patients serious functional and cosmetic issues. Scar …