According to MSc. Dr. Huynh Cong Tri - Department of Dermatology - Dermatology, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, a side scar is a rough scarring on the skin surface due to excessive fiber tissue growth during wound healing. When the skin is damaged, the fibroids form to recover, filling the defective tissue area.
However, in some people with special motivation, these fibroids increase excessively, forming a hard mass, attracting surrounding tissue, continuing to gradually enlarge even though the wound has healed, called a side scar. This type of scar tends to develop slowly, spreading for many weeks, months, and years. In some people, blemishes can develop rapidly, increasing by 3 times in a few months.
Scalp can occur at any age, appearing in any location on the body but often occurs in areas of skin that are affected by tightness such as the shoulders, chest, upper back, back of the neck, in front of the sternum, earaches... The incidence of scars is significantly higher during pregnancy and puberty.
Doctor Tri said that each month, the unit treats about 300 cases of blemish scars and giant scars, mainly in the period of itching and redness.
Triamcinolone injection is one of the commonly used methods for treating non-surgical ulcers, with high efficiency. Triamcinolone is a corticoid that can soften and reduce the size of scarring tissue, reduce redness and itching.
Doctor Tri recommends that if there are muscle areas prone to blemish scars or a relative has experienced this condition, patients should be especially careful in their care to prevent blemish scars from forming after skin trauma or surgery.
Limit unnecessary invasive procedures such as ear piercing, tattooing or cosmetic surgery. In particular, you should not self-treat blemishes and thick scars with folk tips and methods such as applying mosquito repellent, medicine... to the scarring surface.
If you have a side scar, you should see and treat a dermatologist - Skin Aesthete, to minimize the risk of more severe scars or other complications.
In addition, any wound on the skin, no matter how small, needs to be carefully cared for from the beginning, following the doctor's instructions, to help the skin recover quickly and limit the risk of developing dark spots.
