The human body usually receives a variety of injuries, including penetrating trauma, burn trauma and blunt trauma. All of these injuries set into motion an orderly sequence of events that are involved in the healing response, in which healthy skin is replaced with scar tissue and the healing response is characterized by the movement of specialized cells into the wound site.

There are a variety of different scars that can be formed after any given injury has occurred. The following is a brief explanation of some of these types of scars.

What are pigmentary scars? A pigmentary scar is the result of multiple types of damage and can appear anywhere on the body but commonly means that there is no textural change in the skin, but the skin is basically discolored relative to normal skin color. A pigmentary scar can be light, lighter or darker or redder than the normal skin and requires to be addressed very carefully in repairing with surgical or laser methods. Caution is important because over-correction of the scar will produce a scar of a different color more hard to treat.

What are hormone-induced scars? Hormone-induced scars usually involve melasma hormonal pigmentary disorders, which usually happen exclusively in women but not always. And they are usually on the face but not exclusively. Also, they are tremendously hard to treat. Melasma or hormonal coloration change requires very slow, step-wise reversal medically with the use of lasers and requires lifelong proper use of sunscreen to maintain clear.

How are acne scars treated? Acne scars can occur anyplace on the body, not only the face. They can be of several shapes and depth and can be treated in numerous ways: sometimes with chemical peel methods, other times with surgical scar removal laser or micro-dermabrasion procedures, and with natural topical creams. Regardless of the scar or number of scars, it is a long-term process to adequately minimize acne scar visibility.

How are animal bite scars treated? They're usually treated by blending them to the nearby non-scar skin. Common blending involves topical medical agents to soften the scars -such as rosehip oil-, followed by resurfacing laser and microdermabrasion techniques for blending surface quality. And if there is a remaining color mismatch then oftentimes, permanent make-up, tattooing, is employed at the end.

Is cortisone still used as a treatment for skin scars? Cortisone can be used both topically and by injection into the wound to induce better healing and scar creation reduction.

There is considerable artistry required for the injectible cortisone to work well and it is best performed by someone who clinically does this frequently.

Topical Treatments When thinking about topical natural products we must take into account that our skin is a barrier to external environment and will not let all products that claim to be cosmetic or dermatological components into it, in the same way as it does not permit most airborne pollutants into it.

The truth is that the skin acts as a filter to assess and decides the relationship - the user-friendliness, if you want - to the interior body itself. The skin is a very adaptable organ. It is built to adapt to the environment so it can help to keep us alive in any given climate. The most immediate environment to our skin is what we put on it topically. Yes, the skin care and make-ups we select.