Many patients seek out their local Emergency Department across the country on a daily basis for management of open wounds that usually include primary closure with either sutures or staples. Open ...

Whether it be from an injury, a medical condition, or some sort of surgical procedure, developing a scar or two over the course of our lives is more or less inevitable. But while most scars tend to ...

The bright red light from a laser travels along a patient's scar tissue, turning the brownish skin into a white color that looks like tire tracks. The procedure is the resurfacing of damaged skin ...

Heart disease is the biggest killer in the Western world. A part of the problem is that even if one survives a heart attack, damage to the heart muscle results in the formation of thick scar tissue ...

Pitted acne scars form due to a loss of collagen following deep acne breakouts. Treatments like microneedling, chemical peels, and laser therapy can help improve the appearance of pitted acne scars.

Adhesions are thick bands of scar tissue inside your body. They may form after surgery or an infection. They can make your organs stick together or to the inside of your belly. Some people have pain ...

The scar tissue surrounding pancreatic cancer may offer prognostic insight — and potential new treatment strategies — for patients with pancreatic cancer. The scar tissue that forms around pancreatic ...