Scarring
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A scar is a changed area of skin left after a wound or burn has healed. Scars differ from intact skin in that they lack hair follicles, sebaceous and sweat glands. The color of scars is usually darker or lighter than normal skin (in rare cases, skin color).
Scars are one of the most annoying cosmetic imperfections. They are very different in color, size, shape. They can be depressed or raised above the surface of the skin, narrow or wide, straight or curved, smooth or intermittent. Sometimes scars hurt and itch, sometimes they give no sensation. It is extremely difficult to get rid of scars, although modern dermatocosmetology is finding new opportunities and achieving impressive results in this direction.
Attitudes towards pathological scars can sometimes be very peculiar. For example, in some small tribes of South America and Oceania, in order to increase their social status, maturing members of society are specially scarred to give them a resemblance to a crocodile, their totem animal. Scarring is also developed in modern body art technologies, and this trend has many supporters and followers.
However, for most people, the presence of pathological scars, especially in functionally important areas, is a very big problem. No less relevant is the issue of preventing pathological scar formation in aesthetic medicine.