When I had a small skin tag removed from my chest about 20 years ago, I didn’t know I was prone to keloids, a type of raised scar. But I developed one right in the spot where the skin tag was, and ...

It was thought that when skin is wounded and a scar is formed, a cell called a fibroblast, which is a kind of connective tissue, moves to the site of the wound and leave plugs to generate a ...

Abnormal scarring is a serious threat resulting in non-healing chronic wounds or fibrosis. Scars form when fibroblasts, a type of cell of connective tissue, reach wounded skin and deposit plugs of ...

Acne scars can linger long after breakouts disappear, quietly impacting skin texture, tone, and confidence. While filters and ...

In the riddle about the origin of scar tissue, researchers have reached an important next step. Researchers found that scars are made from a tissue beneath the skin: fascia. This new knowledge led to ...

Skin is a seamless organ, like a fine cloth protecting valuable assets underneath. When it's damaged by a burn, injury, or other trauma, like surgery, a scar can form. Most scars will never go away ...

The National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms describes scare tissue in the following manner. “Fibrous tissue that forms when normal tissue is destroyed by disease, injury, or surgery. For ...

Our body’s ability to heal after a cut is an amazing, but it often leaves behind an unsightly scar. Now, researchers have found a way to prevent scarring by changing scar cells to fat cells.