One important area that emerged over the past 10 years overseas is the treatment of hypertrophic scars or keloids with the Pulsed Dye laser.
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General postoperative complications are infection of the muscle donor site, facial abscess, hypertrophic scars, hematoma, and swelling of the face or muscle donor site.
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It is not possible to completely prevent hypertrophic scars, so those with a history them should inform their doctor or surgeon if they need surgery.
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Hypertrophic scars are often distinguished from keloid scars by their lack of growth outside the original wound area, but this commonly taught distinction can lead to confusion.
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Bleeding, ear lying too close to the head, stronger asymmetry of the ear distances, hypertrophic scar, keloid, pressure damage ( necrosis ) caused by the bandage, recurrence.
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If the recipient has allergies to bovine collagen or lidocaine, severe allergies, a susceptibility to form hypertrophic scars, or fails a small skin test, Artefill should not be used.
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A "'hypertrophic scar "'is a cutaneous condition characterized by deposits of excessive amounts of collagen which gives rise to a raised scar, but not to the degree observed with keloids.
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Nonablative lasers, such as the Starlux Non-ablative FDA-approved laser by Palomar, 585 nm pulsed dye laser, 1064 nm and 1320 nm Nd : YAG, or the 1540 nm Er : Glass are used as the standard laser therapy for hypertrophic scars and keloids.
