**Treatment of Burn Injury**

**Chapter 4**

**Provisional chapter**

**The Therapeutic Effects of Conservative Treatments on**

Hypertrophic scar, which can be seen even after minor burn injuries, is a common complication and generally develops within 6–8 weeks following reepithelization. Hypertrophic scar/keloid is often seen when the injury affects the reticular dermis and, in particular, after a deep dermal or full thickness burn. There are various options used in the treatment of burn scar. The purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader a brief information

**Keywords:** burn injury, hypertrophic scar, keloid, burn scar, conservative treatment

Animals developed a generally well-functioning pathway in the healing of damaged tissues. While some species have the ability to regenerate damaged or missing tissues, it is rare for people. Only the epidermis has full regeneration capacity, after the second trimester of fetal development, so any damage involving the dermis always heals with a scar. In humans, wounds usually heal with a normal scar, and hypertrophic scar process is not common. In some cases, the scar overcomes the original injury and results in the lesion known as keloid.

Both hypertrophic scars and keloids cause a significant discomfort and malformation.

Although we believe that the word of "keloid" was first used by Aliberti in the nineteenth century, there were hypertrophic scar and keloid definitions among ancient Egypt hieroglyphs [1].

Keloid and hypertrophic scars can occur all over the world and in all skin types. The risk of keloid formation increases as the skin color becomes darker, and the incidence of keloid in

on the conservative treatment methods used in burn scar treatment.

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**Burn Scars**

**Burn Scars**

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**Abstract**

**1. Introduction**

**1.1. Epidemiology**

Mehmet Unal

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