Scar Treatment, Restoration, and Prevention—Beyond the Horizon? Kachiu C. Lee R. Rox Anderson KEY POINTS Nature creates new tissue through three major pathways: tissue genesis, remodeling, and scarring. Scar mitigation…
Integrating Scar Management into Clinical Practice Murad Alam KEY POINTS In the United States, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are used to identify medical procedures, including those that may be…
Recovery and Reintegration After Burn Injury Marta Rosenberg Laura Rosenberg Walter Meyer III KEY POINTS Recovery from a burn injury and its resulting scars can have lifelong psychological consequences. Perceptions…
A Perspective from Military Medicine Peter R. Shumaker Thomas Beachkofsky Andrew Basnett Carrick Burns Nathan Uebelhoer Chad Hivnor KEY POINTS More than a decade of conflict and unprecedented battlefield survival…
A Pediatric Perspective Andrew C. Krakowski Tuyet A. Nguyen KEY POINTS Although children are certainly not “just little adults,” the paradigm for treating pediatric scars is mostly extrapolated directly from…
Medical Tattooing Dawn Cragg DAWN CRAGG was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year 2010 Honors list, for outstanding achievement in…
Scar Camouflage Elizabeth Allen KEY POINTS Camouflage can be a simple solution to complex problems. Topically applied products are long lasting and waterproof. Camouflage does not affect the skin or…
Rehabilitative Burn Scar Management Michael A. Serghiou Jonathan Niszczak KEY POINTS A comprehensive program of rehabilitation is essential in the recovery of the burn patient. Hypertrophic scar formation is one…
Scar Management in Skin of Color Chi Keung Yeung Henry Hin Lee Chan KEY POINTS Scar management in patients with skin of color requires a varying set of considerations compared…
Atrophic Scar Management Joanna G. Bolton Lisa A. Zaleski-Larsen Mitchel P. Goldman KEY POINTS Atrophic scars are caused by a variety of inflammatory, infectious, traumatic, and individual genetic risk factors,…
