The first six months after an injury or surgery is critical for scar prevention and treatment.
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Skin grafts for severe burn injuries may require multiple operations over the course of a lifetime to address crippling scars.
A sign of evil? A look at the use of facial disfigurement in James Bond films.
Healing is a complicated process. As people age, higher rates of disease and the fact that old cells lose the ability to divide slow this process down.
When kids get injured their skin heals fast, but usually with nasty-looking scars. Now scientists studying the genes of old mice have figured out how they regenerate skin and block scars.
People with visible facial differences, such as acne, are rarely represented in the media and when they are, they are often vilified.
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Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Dermatology, Bond University