What is scarred skin

I believe that no one wants to have scars on their body, because scars on the body will make the skin feel rough, and scars can also look scary from the outside. But everyone should have heard of scar skin to some extent. This type of skin mainly refers to the skin that is prone to leaving scars on the body even after a not very serious injury. In today's article, let's take a look at the knowledge about scar skin.

1. What is scar constitution?

People with scar-prone physique account for a very small proportion of the population, and the symptoms are manifested after the wound heals. Surface scars continue to grow, not only affecting the appearance, but also causing local pain, redness and itching. Scar contraction also affects functional movement. The essence of a scar is an abnormal and unhealthy tissue that does not have the normal skin tissue structure and physiological function and has lost its normal tissue vitality. Scars not only destroy the beauty of the body surface, but also hinder the physiological functions of related tissues or organs, and even cause deformities.

2. Why is scar-prone body an “insulator” for plastic surgery?

Due to the characteristics of scar-prone constitution, invasive plastic surgeries such as double eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty will cause greater trauma to the skin surface, and the wound cannot heal as well as normal people during the healing period. Therefore, such surgeries cannot be performed. Micro plastic surgery generally uses injection and other methods, and the scars from the surgery are relatively hidden, so people with a scar-prone constitution can have it, but they must think carefully and do not rule out the possibility of having more obvious scars than other people. Be sure to carefully consider and choose a regular plastic surgery hospital.

3. Detailed explanation of scar constitution

Currently, scar-prone constitution can only be judged by the performance of scar healing. It mainly refers to the continuous proliferation of scars after the wound heals, accompanied by local symptoms of pain, redness, itching, and scar contraction. There are very few patients with a scarring physique in the true sense. Sometimes, patients with keloids are also listed as having a scar-prone constitution.

A keloid is a scar that continues to grow and bulge outward after the wound has healed. In addition, the skin on the raised part is hard and red and painful. Once a keloid grows to a certain size, it will no longer expand. Generally, keloids only appear in certain areas or are caused by certain triggers. Patients with a scar-prone constitution will definitely develop keloids. However, patients who develop keloids are not necessarily those with a scar-prone constitution.

4. Take a test to see if you have a scar-prone constitution

Scar-prone constitution can currently only be judged by doctors based on the appearance of scars, and there is no effective test method. Girls who are worried about having a scar-prone physique can consider the possibility of having a scar-prone physique based on the following three points. Do you have a history of hypertrophic scars, keloids, or old scars with a proliferation period of more than 1 year? Are you an allergic patient? Does anyone in your family suffer from the symptoms mentioned in 1 and 2? If you have any of the above three symptoms, then there is a high possibility that you have a scar-prone constitution.

5. The difference between scar-prone constitution and keloid

There is a difference between scar-prone constitution and keloid. People with scar-prone constitution can experience unlimited proliferation of keloid-like scars after any part of the body is injured, while keloid can appear in certain parts of the normal population, or due to the healing of scars caused by certain reasons. In other words, keloids are an inevitable manifestation of a scar-prone constitution, but people who develop keloids do not necessarily have a scar-prone constitution.

Difference 1: Keep growing and stop growing

People with a scar-prone physique will continue to grow after their skin is traumatized and will not stop, usually growing into a huge crab-like shape. The latter will stop growing after the scar grows to a certain size.

Difference 2: Traumatized and non-traumatized

The former is that after the skin is traumatized, scars are easily formed and continue to grow. As for the latter, spontaneous keloids are small spots that appear on the body for no reason without any wounds, and then gradually grow larger and more numerous. After it grows to a certain size, it will stop growing.

Difference 3: Different degrees of recurrence

For those who have scars, the former will be more likely to relapse after both have undergone correct and effective treatment. The latter will generally not recur, but the prerequisite is to follow the doctor's advice.