Is scar tissue hereditary?

Scar constitution is a relatively special constitution. Once people with this constitution have scars, they are often prone to hyperplasia, which can easily lead to the appearance of keloids. It is somewhat hereditary. If parents have such a constitution, they are likely to pass this gene to their children. If you want to determine whether you have a scar constitution, you can make a diagnosis through some characteristics.

Is scar tissue hereditary?

Scar-prone physique actually has genetic factors, but the chance of inheritance is very low. Many people have only one scar on their chest, and they worry about heredity and the future all day long. In fact, if you keep a positive attitude, you don’t need to worry about genetic problems unless you are prone to severe scarring. Just pay attention to everything about your child in the future.

The basis for individual analysis of scar constitution is:

First, age, that is, whether the individual is a young adult.

Second, whether the skin color is dark and the skin secretions are very vigorous.

Third, whether the scar appears in the upper middle part of the chest, shoulder, upper arm and ear area.

Fourth, whether the cause of the scar is unclear or the injury is very minor.

Fifth, whether the scar develops abnormally rapidly and is accompanied by symptoms of unbearable itching.

Sixth, whether the scar is obviously higher than the skin and grows in a nodular, egg-shaped or tumor-like manner, and although it is flat in shape, it grows in an infiltrative manner and spreads to the surrounding skin.

General classification of keloids

Secondary keloid: Some people often wonder why there are no scars left after cuts, scrapes, and other traumas when they were children, but why a single acne pimple on the chest would leave a horrible keloid? In fact, this is a secondary keloid, not a keloid caused by a scar-prone constitution. Secondary keloids are actually scars that occur at locations where there is high tension on the body. As long as there is a small wound, if it is not healed in time, it will grow into a keloid in a short period of time. Such as ear keloid, acne keloid and so on.

Post-traumatic hypertrophic keloid scars: If you develop hypertrophic scars after trauma, it does not mean that you have a scar-prone physique. Any part of the body with high tension is prone to recurrence and hyperplasia after surgery. This is very normal and there is no such thing as a scar-prone physique. As long as the wound is not treated in time and the inflammation is not thoroughly eliminated, scar hyperplasia is likely to occur.