What Is Scar Tissue?

Answer:
After injury or damage to the skin or an organ,

the body will attempt to heal itself. The body is unable to create new healthy tissue, it will build new fibers that are not functional, but will become a protective barrier. After the new barrier is healed, it is referred to as a scar.

The fibrous connective tissue which forms the scar is known as scar tissue. It can form on any tissue on the body, including both internal organs and skin. It will happen wherever an injury, cut, disease, or surgery has happened and then healed up. Scar tissue is thicker than the tissue that surrounds it, and it is paler and denser than surrounding tissue because its blood supply is lower. Although it replaces damaged and destroyed tissue, its functionality is limited, with less movement, blood circulation, and sensitivity. Scarring is common from any injury, with the exception of minor cuts and scrapes.

There are several reasons why scar tissue is inferior to healthy normal skin: the sweat glands are destroyed or damaged, hair doesn’t grow on the scar, and it has less resistance to ultraviolet radiation. Scars are usually pale in color and flat, in the shape of the original injury. Occasionally the body will make too much of the fibrous tissue, which will create a raised or thick scar.

Scars which are formed as red lumps on the skin but stay within the limits of the original wound are referred to as hypertrophic scars. Scars which cover the original wound but continue to grow and become a tumorous growth are referred to as keloid scars. Hypertrophic and keloid scars are most common in young people and dark skinned people, but anyone can form them. Rarely, keloid scars can form without any injury and without warning.

Scars cannot ever be completely removed. However, by using Vitamin E supplements and creams, you can speed up healing and keep the scar more supple. Surgery can be performed to remove the scar, but that will always create a new scar, although it may be less noticeable. Surgery is strongly discouraged to remove hypertrophic or keloid scars, because there is a risk that the scar will return in an even worse state.


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