Hypertrophic scars are red and thick and may be itchy or painful.
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Hypertrophic scars and keloids tend to be more common in wounds closed by secondary intention.
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Triamcinolone acetonide is also used as intra lesional steroid injection to treat keloids and hypertrophic scars.
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Pressure dressings are commonly used in managing burn and hypertrophic scars, although supporting evidence is lacking.
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Hypertrophic scars are uncommon, and are characterized by increased collagen content after the abnormal healing response.
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Also mechanical tension on a wound has been identified as a leading cause for hypertrophic scar formation.
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Scar therapies may speed up the process of change from a hypertrophic scar to a flatter, paler one.
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In a paper titled " Hypertrophic Scars After Therapy with CO 2 Laser for Treatment of Multiple Cutaneous Neurofibromas"
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Hypertrophic scars remain within the original margins of the wound, whereas keloid scars can form scar tissue outside of these borders.
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Multiple sessions are usually required for a significant reduction in redness and improvement in the texture and pliability of hypertrophic scars and keloids.
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