SCARS AND KELOIDS
Tissues can either regenerate or scar. Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury or disease. A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair in the skin and other tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound results in some degree of scarring.
Hypertrophic scars occur when the body overproduces collagen, which causes the scar to be raised above the surrounding skin. Hypertrophic scars take the form of a red raised lump on the skin. Keloid scar is a more serious form of scarring, because they can carry on growing indefinitely into a large, tumorous albeit benign growth.
The Belo Medical Group has several treatments for scars depending on the type and size. The machines range from lasers to light-emitting machines that lighten scars safely and effectively.
Fraxel Restore Laser Treatment makes use of an Erbium glass laser that is passed several times over the treatment area causing fractional resurfacing with a million points of light. The laser cause...
The Multi-Clear is capable of advanced Selective Photo –Clearing (SPC), a revolutionary technology for the effective and safe treatment of common skin disorders like keloids, hypertrophic sca...
The irritation and tenderness from thickened hypertrophic scars can be reduced by injections of Triamcinolone Acetonide. It will decrease the metabolic activity of the cells, which causes the...
The fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment is an ablative fractional resurfacing procedure that effectively improves depressed scars without the complications associated with a full ablative res...
Different concentrations of tretinoin solution are applied to the scarred/hyperpigmented area and is left for 6-8 hours. This effectively exfoliates and lightens the scar.
...Collagen Induction Therapy is a procedure which stimulates the skin to produce new collagen, thereby improving skin texture especially for lifting depressed scars. A special needle is used to creat...
The V-Beam Laser System is a mainstay vascular laser system that has been utilized for safe and effective removal of port wine stains and red birthmarks, as well as other vascular les...
