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A scar is a mark left by a healed injury, burn, or incision. It is made of tough fibrous tissue. Scar tissue on the skin may become abnormally thickened, raised, or red. This is called a keloid scar.

A keloid is a mass of excessive fibrous tissue that develops at the site of a scar. Dark-skinned people are more prone to develop keloids than are people of other races.

Most unsightly scars can be eliminated or treated by cosmetic lasers, peeling or ‘polishing’ methods, several mineral and antioxidant supplements to aid healing from the inside out, and the use of topical natural products to encourage tissue healing.

Is any scar truly permanent? For the most part, scars in general are forever, although there can be methods to lessen the severity of the scar visibly. That implies a scar can be improved or camouflaged and therefore reduced visibly, but there is normally some trace of a scar.

Are there parts of the body on which scars cannot appear? Commonly the development of a scar is likely anywhere on the body. It’s simply a matter of how much of a scar is visible. Therefore, if there’s an injury, there will usually be some residual scarring. The degree of scarring oftentimes depends on the age of the person being scarred at the moment of scarring, and the race of that individual. So, normally the younger the patient, the fairer the complexion and eyes color, the more minimal the scar is.

What is a hypertrophic scar? A hypertrophic scar is a scar which is large, raised, visible, red and oftentimes troublesome. It is an undesirable form of scarring and usually responds to some kind of treatment if you treat it early enough.

How do you eliminate a hypertrophic scar? It depends mostly on the age of the person, the gender, where the scar is, how the scar was formed, how long it’s been there and whether anybody has tried to minimize it previously. All those factors will determine the common treatments which will include laser reduction.

I am pregnant now and want to avoid getting stretch marks. What is your advice? Generally speaking, stretch mark appearance is an inherited trait related with with hormonal/skin changes during pregnancy. In general, there are very few proven methods to minimize stretch mark formation during pregnancy. Either they appear or they don’t. The intelligent thing is to treat the stretch marks early, after they develop, or during the last months of pregnancy. You can safely use oral Vitamin A, C and E supplementation.

What is a keloidal scar? A keloidal scar is the same as a hypertrophic scar but it is older and it is usually fixed, meaning that a hypertrophic scar is normally still evolving or maturing. A keloid is usually a scar which is in its final form and is somewhat more difficult to remove or remodel. Keloidal scars, depending on where they are, can be remodeled but with greater effort.

Scarring and skin imperfections can now be easily erased thanks to a new skin care solution made with a biological ingredient that ensures skin rejuvenation no side effects.

- Charmaine Lambert