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Can ReCell Make Scars Barely Visible?
asked 1 year ago by cosmetic in United Kingdom
Latest answer by Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
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I would like comments from plastic surgeons and dermatologists. Who have performed the ReCell procedure and how the procedure is done.
1 answer to Can ReCell Make Scars Barely Visible?
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Recell is not a scar treatment
Recell is a system that can harvest a patient's own cells (epidermis) and then spray them on a wound. This would be applicable for situations such as a burn or any larger open wound. This is not a 'cell system' for scars as it just applies epithelial cells. Scars are more full-thickness problems that involve the deeper dermis not just the epithelium. This system is currently not FDA-approved for use in the United States so there is no clinical experience here yet. But this...
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