Scar surgery

A scar is the remaining visible part of a damaged dermis after tissue has been repaired, from an incision during surgery, or after injury. Scarring is an integral part of the healing process. Attempts at surgical correction are only lawful in the following cases:
- Retractile scars: very hard and "curled up", not letting themselves stretch, very unsightly and sometimes even being able to limit certain movements, by creating "bridles".
- Ulcerated scars: their fragility leads to frequent superficial "abrasions" which become permanent, widen and worsen,
- Hypertrophic or keloidal scars: inflammatory, painful, red, enlarged and above all swollen "in relief". Their treatment is very delicate and subject to frequent recurrences,
- Unsightly scars: large, colored, irregular, shifted, sunken, adherent ...