How to repair scars after skin burns

People always get skin burns due to carelessness. Skin burns not only leave scars but also cause serious damage to the skin. Patients with skin burns can usually repair them through surgery or non-surgical methods. This can not only quickly solve some damage and local gains on the skin, but also speed up the repair of skin tissue by improving immunity, thereby recovering the burn scars and local injuries.

Surgery for burn scars

1. Surgical excision and repair of burn scars

Surgical excision can treat more severe depressed scars, atrophic scars and hypertrophic scars. If the scars caused by burns are more severe, surgical excision can be used to repair the burn scars. However, this method can only improve the harm caused by scars after burns to the greatest extent, and new scars are likely to form after surgery.

2. Skin grinding to repair burn scars

The skin has a better effect on those superficial scars. Through the high-speed rotation of the grinding head of the grinding machine, the epidermis and superficial dermis at the scar can be controlled by mechanical grinding, so as to achieve the purpose of repairing burn scars. This method may require secondary treatment and can only treat superficial burn scars.

Non-surgical repair of burn scars

1. Radiotherapy to repair burn scars

Through radiotherapy of the scar area, X-rays and beta rays damage the function of synthetic fiber cells in the scar tissue, reduce synthetic fiber cells, increase collagen fiber decomposition, and achieve the purpose of repairing burn scars. Repairing burn scars with radiation requires multiple treatments, approximately once every 1-2 weeks. Radiotherapy for burn scars is suitable for treating those hypertrophic scars.

2. Laser repair of burn scars

When laser is used to repair burn scars, the scar area will be affected by the laser, and other skin tissues that are not affected by the laser will accumulate more collagen and elastin, which can help the regeneration and reconstruction of collagen in the dermis. The various effects of laser acting on the skin will help repair burn scars. Laser repair of burn scars is only for mild burn scars. For severe burn scars, other methods are recommended for repair.

3. Repair burn scars with drugs

Repairing burn scars can also be helped by injecting drugs. Applying the drugs to the burn scar area can make the dermis at the scar thinner, inhibit the growth of collagen, reduce the synthesis of collagen fibers, and increase the decomposition of collagen. This method requires multiple injections of medication to repair burn scars and make the skin smooth again.