Thursday, December 29, 2011

Scar Treatment Solutions

By Ryan Fitzharris


The skin is the largest organ of the body, with an average surface area of 1.8 square meters in adults. Our skin is very sophisticated. It helps to keep us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather and it also prevents us from dehydrating. Our skin is constantly shedding old cells and creating new ones, enabling it to repair itself if damaged. It is the repair process that can result in a scar.

A scar is an important part of this biological healing mechanism following a damage to the thick layer of skin (the dermis) or the external layer of skin (the epidermis). Harm to the external layer of skin is healed by repairing the tissue, and in these cases, scarring is slight. When we harm the thick layer of tissue below the skin, rebuilding is more difficult. Our bodies accumulate collagen fibers (a protein which is organically synthesized by the body) and this commonly results in a noticeable scar.

After the injury has healed, the scar continues to alter as new collagen is created and the blood vessels return to their original state. According to this, at least two years are required to fade and improve the appearance of most scars. However, there will always be some noticeable evidence of the damage and hair follicles and sweat glands will never be recovered.

The wound healing process has to finish before an injury becomes a scar. Skin ailments like eczema and psoriasis and injuries such as small burns or sunburn are not scars because the skin is damaged or still being reconstructed. However, these ailments could lead to a small scar if scratched before the external layer of skin is healed.

Many people have some sort of scar and for most of them this does not cause any problems. However, this is not true for all people.

How Can Scar Creams Benefit My Healing Process

There are several scar healing products, silicone gels and ointments, made of vitamins, herbal extracts, and biological ingredients that are designed to optimize the healing of scars, aid in scar minimizing and make scars far less evident.

It's hard to find an effective acne scar removal solution, but scar minimizing products are supposed to act on all types of scars and help minimize the scar tissue size, and coloration of scars of all skin types and color, including post-surgery scarsand other scar types caused by injury, trauma, and burns.




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