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 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 occur anywhere on the body but usually 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 approached very cautiously in repairing with surgical or laser procedures. Caution is important because over-correction of the scar will leave a scar of a different color more difficult to treat.

What are hormone-induced scars? Hormone-induced scars usually refer to melasma hormonal pigmentary disorders, which usually occur exclusively in female but not always. And they are normally on the face but not exclusively. Also, they are tremendously difficult to treat. Melasma or hormonal coloration shift requires very slow, step-wise reversal medically with the use of lasers and requires lifelong adequate 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 addressed in numerous ways: sometimes using chemical peel methods, other times using surgical scar removal laser or micro-dermabrasion methods, and with natural topical creams. No matter of the scar or number of scars, it is a long-term process to efficiently reduce acne scar visibility.

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

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

There is great artistry needed for the injectible cortisone to work well and it is best performed by someone who medically does this frequently.

Topical Treatments When considering topical biological products we must take into account that our skin is a barrier to exterior 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 determines the relationship - the user-friendliness, if you will - to the inner body itself. The skin is a very adaptable organ. It is built to adapt to the ambience so it can help to keep us safe in any given climate. The most immediate ambience to our skin is what we apply on it topically. Yes, the skin care and make-ups we select.