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New Innovations in Scar Management

Overview of attention for article published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, May 2000
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)

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Title
New Innovations in Scar Management
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, May 2000
DOI 10.1007/s002660010038
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Alan D. Widgerow, Laurence A. Chait, Rene Stals, Pieter J. Stals

Abstract

As current aesthetic surgical techniques become more standardized and results more predictable, a fine scar may be the demarcating line between acceptable and unacceptable aesthetic results. With this in mind, a scar management program has been adopted based on the modalities of wound support, hydration, and hastened maturity, all factors gleaned from scientific evidence published over the past 25 years. Tension on a scar in one axis will result in a stretched scar, probably initiated by neutrophils and their neutral proteases [18,26]. Tension on a scar from many directions or intermittently will result in a hypertrophic scar, possibly initiated by lymphocytes but definitely related to a prolongation of the inflammatory process, with increased fibroblast activity and overabundant extracellular matrix secretion [24,26]. The common initiating factor is the tension on the scar, and the critical element needed to counteract this tension is scar support. Clinical experience has shown us that the most reliable way to support a scar is by using microporous tape. Hydration is a second beneficial influence on scar control and is the basis of the use of silicone sheeting and gel [7,29,36]. Alpha Centella cream has two main components. The first is an extract from the plant Bulbine frutescens. This increases hydration under the tape by leaving a layer of fatty vesicles of glycoprotein on the skin surface. This also has antibacterial properties. The second component is the principal terpenoids extracted from the Centella asiatica plant. These include asiatic acid, madecassic acid, and asiaticoside. Centella asiatica has been documented to aid wound healing in a large number of scientific reports [5,12,21,22,33,34,40]. The most beneficial effect appears to be the stimulation of maturation of the scar by the production of type I collagen [4,19] and the resulting decrease in the inflammatory reaction and myofibroblast production. Thus these components have been incorporated into the formulation of a scar management program. This publication reviews much of the available literature relating to scar management and describes the formulation and use of a scar management program based on this information.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 107 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 16%
Student > Master 13 12%
Student > Bachelor 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Other 8 7%
Other 25 23%
Unknown 26 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 32 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 10 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 5%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 19 17%
Unknown 29 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2022.
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#1,525,139
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#48
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#1,012
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