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Is Mitomycin-C- topical helpful to prevent scar recurrence after surgery?

beautyqueen2023Feb 19, 2023
Hello I am researching about various scar treatments and I came across scientific research which said mitomycin c topical (an anti cancer drug) can be used as a topical for scar treatment to prevent hypertrophic/ keloid from forming Would any surgeons who know any information on this please share? I am trying to gather as much information as possible on scar treatments

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