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Can ReCell Make Scars Barely Visible?

I would like comments from plastic surgeons and dermatologists. Who have performed the ReCell procedure and how the procedure is done.

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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... more

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