Types and symptoms of burn scars
If the skin has burnt scars, unevenness, color, pleats and other appearances affect the image of the skin, especially in the obvious parts of burn scars, so many friends in order to remove the burn scars as soon as possible, they want to burn scars There is a specific understanding of the types and symptoms, and I want to improve the treatment as soon as possible after understanding. So what are the types and symptoms of burn scars?
1. Hypertrophic scars After the skin damage is healed, the scars continue to proliferate, protruding from the normal skin surface, irregular in shape, and not expanding to the surrounding area. Mostly purple-red, hard and tough, with burning and itching.
2, superficial scars are more common in shallow second degree burns, superficial skin abrasions or surface infections, the skin is soft, only the appearance is rough, sometimes with pigmentation or pigmentation.
3, atrophic scars are also called flat scars, the surface is smooth and bright with obvious hypopigmentation or deposition, the scar is stable and the base is loose, and the normal skin boundary is clear, generally does not cause dysfunction.
4, keloid is characterized by strong proliferation of scars, and the surrounding skin is crab-like infiltration, also known as crab foot swelling, common in young adults, lesions higher than the skin is purple, hard texture, itching Pathologically, it consists of a large number of swirling fiber bundles.
5, contracture scars, also known as wart scars, scars like duck plaque, wrinkled, mostly occurred in the flexion side of the joint, also seen in the neck. Burn infections such as the corners of the eyes, mouth, and nasolabial folds are the most common causes. The scarring of the joint can make the joint contracture and can not straighten the scar at the lumen of the lumen, which will narrow the lumen of the lumen, which can affect the appearance and function in other parts.
6, the development process of scar cancer is: first in the burn scar due to injury, or first small papules, itching, increase into ulcers, long-term unhealed epidermal hyperplasia, pseudo-epitheliomatous hyperplasia Bit process.
Burn scars not only affect the image of the skin to a certain extent, but some scars also affect the joint function. Therefore, it is recommended to perform scar repair treatment as soon as possible, and pay attention to the nursing work after treatment.