Can healthy skin grow in scarred area?

January 31, 2023
Asked By:Brave852733 in Grand Junction, CO

is it medically possible for healthy skin texture (basket-woven collagen) to develop if the area is surrounded by scar tissue? If a small scar is punctured and a 0.3 area is removed, can healthy skin be regenerated in that micro-area? Or do new cells become scar collagen by copying the surrounding tissue cells?

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Answer: With proper scar after care, Healthy skin can form and scar appearance is reduced

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Answer: With proper scar after care, Healthy skin can form and scar appearance is reduced

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon

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