Scars
Q. What is a Scar?
Ans : Scar is a Permanent mark resulting from the process of healing of any breach in continuity of full thickness of skin. Injury to superficial part of skin may heal without Scarring.
Q. What is a Hypertrophic Scar?
Ans : These Scars are the result of excessive healing process and are raised above the level of surrounding skin, reddish in color and may be painful to pressure.
Q. What is a Keloid?
Ans : Keloid is a much more arrgessive scar than hypertrophic scar. It is grossly elevated and tends to spread and also involve the surrounding normal skin. Itching in the Keloid is Common.
Q. How Hypertrophic Scar Differs from Keloid?
Ans : Hypertrophic Scar Does not Spread to Surrounding normal Skin while the keloids spread. Hypertrophic Scar Usually shows an eventual tendency to regress spontaneously after 6-12 months of its formation. In Keloid, there is no such tendency to spontaneous regression.
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