Not all scars are the same and sometimes the path of skin repair leads them to be very visible. Making them less obvious, regardless of their nature, is however possible.
Each of us, in the course of our lives, has had at least one scar.
When the skin is injuredfor whatever reason, the organism activates a series of repair mechanisms for regenerate tissue.
However, when the injury is substantial and the skin has been deeply damaged (e.g. by a burn or cut) the skin struggles to return as before and a scar forms.
How a scar forms
Healing is a repair system, a natural process which occurs when the skin regenerates after an injury of any kind.
A lesion of the dermisthe layer of skin that lies beneath the epidermis, sets in motion a veritable 'building site', where the builders are the fibroblasts, connective tissue cells that produce elastic and collagen fibres to recreate the scaffolding that supports the skin. However, if the damage has been extensive and the wall to be rebuilt is particularly wide, the fibroblasts produce a less organised repair fabric than the original one, rich in collagen and with fewer elastic fibres and blood vessels, paler than the surrounding skin.
The healing process, which is entirely physiological, involves several stages:
- the inflamed phasein the first few days: the tissue attracts immune system cells and there is local inflammation, such that the lesion is reddened, swollen and painful
- the proliferative phase, in which within a few weeks the inflammation subsides and the amount of fibrous tissue increases
- the non-inflamed phase which occurs during the longer, 'maturing' phase of the scar, in which inflammation is absent and fibrous tissue still increases to give the final appearance of the old scar.
Many types of scars
The causes of scars are many. For example, they can form:
– following surgery: surgical scars are formed after operations of various typessuch as a Caesarean section or following a mastectomy
– for a 'trauma' caused to the skin: hence the name of 'traumatic scarring'which develops when the skin is injured. Acne for example, can leave scars on the face or body.
Remedies for scars
Today there are several opportunities for reduce the evidence of scars on the body: from the application of special creams to the use of professional concealers to temporarily hide the injured area.
However, to obtain lasting and visible results it is important to be consistent and rely on dedicated medical treatmentssuch as the micromassage with icoonewhich enables the enhancement of reparative phenomena.
Roboderm technology® on board icoone does indeed favour the cell renewal and the production of collagen and elastin fibresimproving local circulation and making the skin more elastic, smooth and healthy-looking, reducing the visibility of the scar already from the first sessions.
