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Scars
It’s impossible to go through life without acquiring at least one scar (usually many, many more). That’s because scars speak to our body’s resilience and our skin’s ability to serve as our protective armor.
Learn about Scars
Scar tissue is a very dense network of collagen that has been quickly built by the body to repair an injury or trauma to the skin. The collagen that is created during this rapid healing process is not “regular” skin—the coloration is often different due to a change in the pigmentation, there are textural changes such as thickening or “holes” in the skin, and hair may not continue to grow in the scarred area. Scars can develop as a result of surgery, trauma or acne.
There are three different types of scars:
Atrophic: Depressed scars that cause a valley or hole in the skin; often the result of acne.
Hypertrophic: Raised lumps on the skin; they do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound
Keloid: An overgrowth of tissue that starts at the site of a healed skin injury, but grows unchecked beyond the original injury. Keloids are firm, rubbery lesions or shiny, fibrous nodules, and can vary from pink to flesh-colored or red to dark brown in color.
What you can do:
- Prevent wounds when possible. For example, when playing sports, wear kneepads, helmets, and other protective gear.
- Cover up. Keep the wound covered as it heals so you can keep out bacteria and germs.
- Blend the scar away. Scars resulting in discoloration can be covered with waterproof mineral makeup.
What to avoid:
- Picking. Whether it’s a scab or a pimple, picking it disrupts the skin’s healing process and can cause scarring.
- Sun exposure. If you have a cut or pimple that’s healing, tanning may cause scarring and discoloration, so be sure to use SPF 30.
How you can Reveal your best you:
- ScarRepair™: A series of fractional-resurfacing treatments resurface and repair the skin, leaving it smoother and more consistent with the healthy skin that surrounds it.
