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DermatologicalMild
Hypertrophic Scar
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · Dermatological
Mild
Severity
Common — develops in a meaningful proportion of surgical and burn wounds, particularly in younger patients and darker skin types
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from an overactive wound healing response in which excessive collagen is deposited during tissue repair
- 2often triggered by wound infection
- 3prolonged inflammation
- 4tension across the wound during healing
- 5or delayed wound closure. Risk factors include burns
- 6surgical incisions across joints or high-tension areas
- 7deep or large wounds
- 8and individual variation in scarring tendency
- 9which can run in families.
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