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## Meet the editor

Anca Chiriac is Full Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at Apollonia University, a clinical dermatologist at Nicolina Medical Center and "Saint Mary" Emergency Hospital for Children, and a researcher at "P. Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romanian Academy. She graduated in 1991 at "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, and received her PhD in Medicine in 2005 at "C. Davila" University

of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. She has authored more than 250 articles, chapters, and books and has been involved in many international research projects.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

**Section 5**

*by Rei Ogawa*

*by Andrei Plotski*

*by Anca Chiriac*

Introductory Chapter: Scars

Scarring After Burn Injury

*by Lindsay Damkat-Thomas and John Edward Greenwood*

The Specificities of Electrical Burn Healing

Endometriosis of Postoperative Scar

Corticosteroid Tape/Plaster

*by Gustavo E. Prezzavento*

Scars: A New Point of View in Plastic Surgery

**Preface III**

Scars **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Burn Scars **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

Electrical Burns **25**

**Chapter 3 27**

Scars: Post Surgery **39**

**Chapter 4 41**

Modern Concepts of Treating Scars **53**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 67**

Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars Can Now Be Treated Completely by Multimodal Therapy, Including Surgery, Followed by Radiation and

*by Iyadh Ghorbel, Slim Moalla, Amal Abid, Amir Karra and Khalil Ennouri*

## Contents


Scars: A New Point of View in Plastic Surgery *by Gustavo E. Prezzavento*

Preface

"Scarring is a natural part of the healing process" as defined by Wikipedia (https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar) and underlines the coexistence of two processes: injury

Thus, a scar is a mark of life, beyond a simple medical problem. Its impact on us as

Scars are present even in art collections, for example the painting *SCAR* by German artist J. Coblenz. Scarring is also well symbolized in ancient Chinese art. Music uses the idea of scar with metaphoric symbols in the lyrics of different songs, for example "Scar Tissue" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers has wonderful and powerful words. Movies have caught the attention of scar too with the film *SCAR* released in

Scars are parts of our lives and extensively we can admit that almost everyone has

Skin scarring is an important medical problem, and is a main concern for patients, physicians, and researchers who deal with cutaneous injury and repair. Deciphering the process of scarring and finding new methods to treat "ugly" scars remain tena-

> **Anca Chiriac** Professor,

Iasi, Romania

Iasi, Romania

Nicolina Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Iasi, Romania Apollonia University,

Iasi, Romanian Academy

Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry,

"Saint Mary" Emergency Children's Hospital,

and healing.

one.

human beings is greater than one can imagine.

2007 or, more recently, *Sharp Objects* from 2018.

cious aims for many researchers from around the world.
