OTC scar products
July 2004
There's lots of interest in OTC scar products...Band-Aid Scar Healing, Curad Scar Therapy, etc.
The body repairs wounds by producing fibrous tissue. Most scars are initially slightly raised...but flatten and fade within a year.
Sometimes the body puts down too much fibrous tissue and causes a thick raised scar. This is a hypertrophic scar.
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