What Is Post Surgery Scar Tissue?
Postoperative scars-Many people undergo surgery due to illness or other reasons, but it is inevitable that the body will leave scars after the operation. After surgery, keloids, hypertrophic scars, sunken scars, and superficial scars will form.
Postoperative scar
- Scar formation after surgery is a product of the wound healing process, and its formation is directly related to the following factors.
- A. Skin tension, including the external tension caused by the degree of skin tissue defect and the inherent tension of the skin tissue itself. Hypertension and hyperactive areas are prone to hypertrophic scars, such as the following:
- After surgery, keloids, hypertrophic scars, depression scars, superficial scars will form. The manifestations of various scars are as follows:
- Superficial scar
- More common in abrasions, formed for skin metabolic infections. The appearance of this scar is a little rough, sometimes with pigmentation or pigment loss, but there is no local dysfunction, and generally no special treatment is done.
- Sunken scar
- The surface of the scar is significantly lower than the surrounding normal skin. Most of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, or deep tissue defects
- 1. Treat with purely physical methods of traditional Chinese medicine to achieve the effect of natural repair.
- 2. Avoid local irritation and maintain local cleanliness and hygiene. Wipe off sweat in time. Do not scratch it with your hands, rub scars with clothes or use hot water to irritate the itch. Causes further itch.
- 3. The skin should be protected from the sun, and the sun should be avoided as much as possible. Such as covering gauze, wearing a hat, long pants and so on when going out. This can also prevent postoperative scars from being hyperpigmented by UV rays in the sun.
- 4. Do not use cosmetics. As various cosmetics contain flavors, pigments, preservatives, etc., which also contain heavy metals lead, mercury, iron, and formaldehyde, these substances stimulate the skin and increase the itching of postoperative scars.
- 5. Do not expose the skin too soon, it will take away the epidermal cells that are still in the repair stage, and even tear the dermal tissue, and stimulate the wound to produce an inflammatory response, so that the sulfur group that inhibits melanin is reduced and appears. Itchy and pigmented spots.
- 6. Improve diet and nutrition. Eating fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, lean meat, and skins rich in vitamins C and E and essential amino acids can promote blood circulation, improve epidermal cell metabolism, and reduce itching. Itchy foods such as peppers, shallots, and garlic will aggravate itching.